Item GPP/2/7 - ‘Observations by Transit 1778.1779.1781.1782.1783.1784.1785.’

1 volume

Large volume recording astronomical observations.

SUMMARY:
The first page has a month-by-month list, from July 1778 to July 1779, of the stars observed with their magnitude. 17 blank pages follow, then the observations: these are observations of named stars, with multiple readings to obtain a mean time for transit. They start at Frampton House in July 1778 and end at York in July 1785. In handwriting of Nathaniel Pigott.

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