Sidereal chromatics; being a re-print, with additions from the "Bedford cycle of celestial objects," and its "Hartwell continuation," on the colours of multiple stars
SMYTH, W.H. Sidereal chromatics; being a re-print, with additions from the "Bedford cycle of celestial objects," and its "Hartwell continuation," on the colours of multiple stars. ix, [11]-96 pp., with 1 colour plate. 8vo, 255 x 160 mm., publisher's cloth. London: Printed for private circulation by J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1864.
Admiral William Henry Smyth's Sidereal Chromatics (1864) represents a landmark achievement in nineteenth-century astronomy, offering the most precise observations of the colours of double stars yet recorded. An expansion upon his well-known Bedford Cycle of Celestial Objects, which garnered a gold medal from the Royal Astronomical Society, Sidereal Chromatics provides both a theory concerning the source of double-star colours and a method for determining their most exact description.
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