Wollaston, Francis, 1731-1815
Francis Wollaston English astronomer
Francis Wollaston
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Works
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An address to the clergy of the Church of England in particular, and to all Christians in general : humbly proposing an application to the Right Reverend the Bishops, or through their means to the legislature, for such relief in the matter of subscription, as in their judgements they shall see proper : together with the author's sentiments of the present forms, and his reasons for such an application | |
A country parson's address to his flock, 1799: | |
A description of a transit circle, for determining the place of celestial objects as they pass the meridian : By the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL. B. and F.R.S. From the Philosophical Transactions. | |
Directions for making an universal meridian dial : capable of being set to any latitude; which shall give the mean solar time of noon, by inspection, Without any Calculation Whatsoever. By Francis Wollaston, F. R. S. | |
Fasciculus astronomicus, containing observations of the northern circumpolar region; together with some account of the instrument with which they were made: and a new set of tables, by which they were Reduced to the Mean Position for the Beginning of January 1800. To which are added, a few other papers and Precepts, which it was Imagined Might be Acceptable to the Practical Astronomer. By Francis Wollaston, F.R.S | |
New British Celestial Globe countaining the positions of nearly 6000 stars, clusters, nebulae, planetary nebulae, ets. correctly computed and laid down for the year 1800 from the latest observations and discoveries | |
New British Celestial Globe [...] [Objet cartographique] | |
Observations of Miss Herschel's comet in August and September, 1786 : By the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL.B. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, Dec. 21, 1786. | |
Queries relating to the Book of common-prayer, &c. with proposed amendments. Addressed to those in authority, and submitted to their consideration | |
The secret history of a private man. By Francis Wollaston, LL. B. F. R. S | |
Specimen of a general astronomical catalogue arranged in zones of North polar distance and adapted to Jan. 1, 1790, containing a comparative view of the mean positions of stars, "nebulae" and clusters of stars, as they come out upon calculation from the tables of several principal observers ; together with a proposal for setting on foot some regular method of observing the heavens, through the concurrent assistance of astronomers in all nations... by Francis Wollaston,... | |
The state of subscription to the articles and liturgy of the Church of England, towards the close of the year 1773. With a view of its progress from the Beginning, and of the alterations that have been made in it by the late debates. Recommended to the most serious Attention of the three estates of the realm. By a consistent Protestant | |
Two sermons preached in the parish church of Chislehurst in Kent : The First on Friday, April 19, 1793, Being the Day Appointed for a General Fast, the Second on Sunday, June 2, Upon Reading his Majesty's Letter in Behalf of a Collection for the French Clergy. By Francis Wollaston, Rector of that Parish. |