On the Determination of the Orbits of Comets : According to the Methods of Father Boscovich and Mr de la Place /

When this book first appeared in 1793, there had been no significant work on comets published in English since Edmond Halley's death some fifty years before. In Europe the field was dominated by French astronomers such as Pingré and Laplace, but their ornate styles were often difficult to trans...

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Language:English
Published: Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1793.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Series:Cambridge library collection. Astronomy.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139833738
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