The observations of the Reverend Thomas Hornsby ... made with the transit instrument and quadrant at the Radcliffe observatory, Oxford, in the years 1774 to 1798.

The observations of the Reverend Thomas Hornsby ... made with the transit instrument and quadrant at the Radcliffe observatory, Oxford, in the years 1774 to 1798.

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Corporate author / creator:	Radcliffe Observatory
Imprint:	London, H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1932.
Description:	145, [1] p. incl. tables. front. 29 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Transit-instruments Quadrant Astronomy -- Observations Parallax -- Stars Astronomy. Parallax -- Stars. Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) Transit-instruments. Observations.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3212576

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Other authors / contributors:	Hornsby, Thomas, 1733-1810. Jackson, John, 1887- Knox-Shaw, H, (Harold), 1885- Robinson, William Henry, 1860-

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