On the determination of the orbits of comets: according to the methods of father boscovich and mr de la place
Auteur :
Englefield, Henry
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108061735
Date de publication :
27 juin 2013
Dimensions :
24,4 x 17,0 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
470 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this concise monograph, Sir Henry Englefield (1752–1822) guides the reader through the computation of cometary orbits. First published in 1793, it represented one of the few such manuals available in English, and draws on the work of Newton, Pingré, Laplace, and Englefield's own correspondence with William Herschel.