"CHANDRASEKHAR, S. [SUBRAMANYAN] (+) RALPH E. WILLIAMSONLivre Rare Book
[ASTRONOMY]. [TABOR, J].Biblio.com
An epitome of astronomy; containing the information requisite for the solution of the entire series of astronomical questions given at the A.B. Pass Examinations in the London University from its foundation to the present time.
1853TA4<p>8vo. 6 9-58pp complete despite this apparent pagination jump which is found in all copies. With ten lithographed plates lettered A-D and numbered I-VI. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth. Slightly rubbed to extremities offsetting to glassine interleaving else a crisp copy. Inscribed 'To Fred Bone with the donor's best wishes. Percy House Christmas 1864' to FFEP.</p><p>A rare and fabulously illustrated series of answers designed for students of the A.B. Pass examinations in the early years of the London University founded as a secular alternative to Oxford and Cambridge in 1835. The authorship not explicitly stated is inferred from the preface - which is signed Grove School York where the schoolmaster and popular text-book writer John Tabor taught - notes the work is excerpted and extended from 'An Outline of the London University Course of Mathematics containing the Questions Solutions" &c'. Moreover the plates lettered A-D are captioned 'From a Series of Drawings by J. Tabor Grove School York'.</p><p>The thoroughly detailed model answers include significant reference to the planets of our solar system including the then recent discovery of Neptune 'justly considered one of the greatest achievements of mathematical science. Its existence was simultaneously inferred by Adams and Le Verrier from some irregularities which were noticed in the motion of Uranus'.</p><p>COPAC and OCLC together locate copies at just four British institutions BL Cambridge Oxford and NLS and none elsewhere.</p> C.H. Law, School Library. hardcover
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