1844 · Edinburgh
by Nichol, J P.
Edinburgh: William Tate, 1844. Octavo. . Second edition. 2pp. ads, half-title,219pp., 16 full page, double paper or folding plates in color and in black and white with tissue guards present. As Glasgow's celebrated astronomer lectured in the United States in the 1840's, he slowly began to shift away from the nebular hypothesis theory. His brilliant descriptions captured the imagination of the literary public; particularly, Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas De Quincy, George Eliot, and Charles Dickens. In this volume he introduced a beautiful colored plate of the Great Comet of 1843 and in addition there are 15 plates of the moon and the planets. As he became (truncated)