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Elements for aberration in right ascension, north polar distance and declination of 400 stars using Baron von Zach's tables, with the working rule on the front of the volume.

Scope and Contents Loose letters, printed matter, calculations and sketches of Ceres.i. Calculations, apparently for determining the elements of Ceres' orbit.ii. Geocentric motion of Ceres, 1801-1803.iii. Printed German account of Giuseppe Piazzi's discovery of Ceres, complete with ephemeris, relative positions of the planets, chart and corrections to the observations, 1801.iv. Maskelyne's account and details of the minor planet Ceres, 17 February 1802.v. Calculations...

Scope and Contents Various correspondence on Pallas and Ceres.1. Letter postscript by Dr Gauss, 7 April 1802, regarding the discovery of the asteroid Pallas by Dr Olbers.2. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 19 May 1802, containing further information and ephemeris of the asteroid Pallas.3. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 30 July 1802, containing ephemeris of the asteroid Pallas and details of its position.4. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, 18 November 1802, on the position and...

Scope and Contents Letters to Maskelyne and related papers on the minor planet Ceres.i. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 20 February 1802, on ephemeris of Ceres, March-April 1802.ii. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 3 April 1802, on ephemeris of Ceres, 21 April - 29 June 1802.iii. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 30 January 1803, thanking Maskelyne for his present of Taylor's tables and giving corrections to the observed position of Ceres.iv....

Scope and Contents Aberration in right ascension, 1822-1826, with the computation of star corrections in right ascension; some corrections for 1830; 'How to find the Sun's longitude when the aberration of a star is at its negative maximum'; some examples by Zach's tables, with the same example worked by Gauss' method; right ascension of Polaris measured telescopically, with its 'nutation' given by Zach's tables and Gauss' method; position of Polaris in 1812, with notes on the corrections for deviations from...

Scope and Contents 2. Papers regarding Caroline Herschel's work on John Flamsteed's observations and catalogue (continued).2/7.1. 'Errata and Memorandums on Observ. Cat. & Atl.'2/7.2. Errata, 2nd copy.2/8. A copy of Caroline Herschel, 'Catalogue of stars, taken from Mr. Flamsteed's observations contained in the second volume of the Historia Coelestis, and not inserted in the British Catalogue' (London, The Royal Society, 1798).2/9. 'Flamsteeds Catalogue of Stars, their...

Scope and Contents Various loose papers relating to the discovery of Pallas and Ceres.1. Rough calculations of Pallas, 1803.2. Rough calculations of Ceres, 1803.3. Other calculations of Pallas written on a Royal Society invitation, 1803.4. Another calculation of Pallas, 1803.5. Calculations of Pallas, 1803.6. Observations of associated stars, 1802-1803.7. Computations from observations of Pallas, 1802-1803.8. Rough calculations of Pallas,...