117562-01
On the proper motion of the sun and solar system; with an account of several changes that have happened among the fixed stars since the time of Mr. Flamstead.
(London, 1783). - (25 x 20 cm). SS. (247)-283. Mit 3 gefalteten Kupfertafeln. Moderner Leinwandband. (Aus: Philosophical Transactions).
Erste Ausgabe dieser berühmten Arbeit, in der Herschel die von ihm entdeckte Bewegung der Sonne und damit des gesamten Sonnensystems beschreibt. - "Between 1780 and 1821 Sir William Herschel produced some seventy papers, mostly published in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. These were the results of his astronomical observations which have earned him the title of 'Farther of sidereal astronomy'. The present paper is one of the most important in the series" (PMM). "Herschel analyzed the individual motions of a small number of stars, showing that most of their observed motions were actually the result of the movement of our solar system through space" (Norman). - Stellenweise gering fleckig bzw. gebräunt, sonst gut erhalten. - PMM 227; Norman 1059
On the proper motion of the sun and solar system; with an account of several changes that have happened among the fixed stars since the time of Mr. Flamstead.
(London, 1783). - (25 x 20 cm). SS. (247)-283. Mit 3 gefalteten Kupfertafeln. Moderner Leinwandband. (Aus: Philosophical Transactions).
Erste Ausgabe dieser berühmten Arbeit, in der Herschel die von ihm entdeckte Bewegung der Sonne und damit des gesamten Sonnensystems beschreibt. - "Between 1780 and 1821 Sir William Herschel produced some seventy papers, mostly published in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. These were the results of his astronomical observations which have earned him the title of 'Farther of sidereal astronomy'. The present paper is one of the most important in the series" (PMM). "Herschel analyzed the individual motions of a small number of stars, showing that most of their observed motions were actually the result of the movement of our solar system through space" (Norman). - Stellenweise gering fleckig bzw. gebräunt, sonst gut erhalten. - PMM 227; Norman 1059
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