On the Eclipse of Agathocles, the Eclipse at Larissa and the Eclipse of Thales -- inscribed by author
London: 1857. First Printing. Wraps. 11 x 8.75 inches, wraps, disbound, from Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. XXVI. Frontispiece, 131-152 pp, with inscription on the first page from Airy. Light wear and foxing, and some edge tears to pages. Sir George Biddell Airy (1801 – 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian. Good. Item #H31699
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