On the Determination of the Distance of a Comet from the Earth : And Other Works

Omtale

Even while professionally engaged in banking, Sir John William Lubbock (1803–65) applied his formidable mind to scientific questions. Originally published between 1832 and 1861, the pieces in this one-volume reissue include his writings on astronomy, gases and the tides, as well as a lecture discussing the discovery of Neptune.