In May 1832, George Biddell Airy, who was soon to become Astronomer Royal, completed a long and detailed Report for the British Association for the Advancement of Science (B.A.A.S.) on the contemporary state of astronomy at home and abroad [1].
An edition of The Victorian amateur astronomer
(1998)
The Victorian Amateur Astronomer
Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920 (Wiley-Praxis Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics)
by Allan Chapman
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The Victorian Amateur Astronomer: Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920 (Wiley-Praxis Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics)
January 12, 1999, John Wiley & Sons
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The Victorian amateur astronomer: independent astronomical research in Britain, 1820-1920
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