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The following catalogue is a window on 19th Cent Astronomy its history and development.

The astronomers of the period worked closely  with artisan instrument makers. Who knowingly or unknowingly produced three dimensional objects that demonstrated an intimate understanding of the relationship, between the human brain, eye  and the dexterity of the human hand.

The collection was started by Brian Greig in the mid sixties and continues to be added to

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AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER AND DATE

 

 

 

Abetti,G. The Sun

London, Faber and  Faber

1957

Alter, D.  Lunar Atlas New York, Dover Publications 1968 
Allen,P. The  Atlas of Atlases London, Ebury Press                  1992
Anno,M. The Earth is a Sundial London, The Bodley Head,               1986
Armitage,A. Edmond Halley London, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.                                              1966
Armitage,A A Century of Astronomy

London,  Sampson  Low

1950.  {great pics  Astronomers}

Athenaeum The  Athenaeum Journal of Literature, Science, and the fine arts  July to December 1860

London,  published at the office  20 Wellington St. by John Francis

1860

Auckland Art
Gallery
Tomor,P.A.
Captain james Cook : his Artists and Draughtsman

Auckland,  Auckland City Art

Gallery.

1964

Backhouse,T.W. Publications of West Hendon House Observatory Sunderland Sunderland, Hills & Co.,                       1902
Badger,G.M. Captain Cook Navigator and Scientist Canberra, Australian National University Press
1970
Baikie,J. Peeps at the Heavens London, Adam and Charles Black 1911
Baker,R.H.

An Introduction to Astronomy New York, D.Van Nostrand Co. Inc 1944
Baker.S. The Ship retracing Captain Cook’s Endeavour Voyage London BBC Worldwide Productions Ltd.
2002
Ball,R.S Star – Land London,Cassell & Co., Ltd
1889
Ball,R.S In Starry Realms London, Isbister & Co, Ltd. 1892
Ball,R.S. Great Astronomers London,Geo, Bell & Sons 1895
Ball,R.S. In the High Heavens London,Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. 1907
Ball,R.S. The Earth‘s Beginning London, Cassell & Co. 1901
Ball,R.S. A popular guide to the Heavens London, George, Philip & Son. 1905
Ball,R.S. The Story of the Sun London,Cassell & Co, Ltd. 1893
Ball,R.S. The Story of the Heavens London, Cassell & Co,Ltd. 1905
Ball,R.S. Time and Tide - A Romance of the Moon London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1889
Baracchi,P. The Total Eclipse of the Sun of 9th May 1910 Hobart, Government Printer. 1910
Barham,W.H. Theory and Practice of Navigation London, William Collins, Sons, & Co., Ltd. 1893
Barkly,H. First Annual Report of the board of visitors to the Astronomical and Magnetical Observatories. Melbourne, Govt. Printer John Ferres #18 #18,a. #18,b.
1860-61
see appended papers * Plus plan
Blue paper c,d,e,f,g .#18,g.
Barkly,H. Great Southern Telescope, extracts from the correspondence regarding the
Great Southern Telescope
Melbourne, Govt. Printer
John Ferres
1864-5 {white paper #36 #36,a.}
Barlow, C.W.C. & Bryan, GH. Mathematical Astronomy London, Clive & Co., 1892
Bass .F.G. A History of seafaring based on Underwater Archaeology New York, Walker & Co.,
1972
Beaglehole, J.C. The Discovery of New Zealand Wellington, Depart of Internal Affairs New Zealand.
1939
Becker, L. Observations on Donati’s Comet, made between Oct.12TH and Nov.12th 1858 1 Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 4 {1860,-9-13}
Bennett, J.A. The Divided Circle Oxford, Phadion. Christies Ltd. 1987
Berthon, S.
Robinson, A.
The Shape of the World Rand Mc Nally. New York 1991
Blunt, C.F. The Beauty of the Heavens London, Henry G. Bohn
1858
Bolle, B. Barometers Watford, Herts. Argus Books Ltd.
1978
Bolt.M, & Friedman A.F. & Stephenson, B. The Universe Unveiled Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
Cambridge University Press
2000
Boswell

The Kaleidoscope Book New York, Sterling Publishing Co., Ltd. 1992
Brannt, W.T. A Complete Treatise on the
Electro-Deposition of Metals
Philadephia, Henry Carey Baird & Co.,
1913
Brannt,W.T. & Wahl,W.H The Techno-Chemical Receipt Book Philadelphia, Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1917
Bremmer, J. The Lyttelton Time Ball
Station
Wellington, New Zealand
Historic Places Trust 1979
Brewster, D. The life of Sir Isaac Newton London, Gall & Inglis
1870
Brewster, D. The Steroscope its history theory and construction [London John Murray 1856] New York, facsimile
Morgan & Morgan 1971
Brewster, D. The Martyrs of Science London, Chatto & Windus 1880
Brown, R. Science for all - 5 vols London,Cassell, Petter,Galpin & Co
1882
Brown, S. All about Telescopes New Jersey Edmund Scientific Co., 1979
Browning, J. A Plea for Reflectors London, John Browning 1876 { copy}
Brunier & Luminet Glorious Eclipses Cambridge University Press Cambridge, United Kingdom 2000
Bryant, W.W. A History of Astronomy London Methuen & Co. 1907
Buccciante, G. Galileo Rome, Dedalo Editore, 1963.
Burgel B.H. Astronomy for All London, Cassell & Co. 1911
Burstal, A.F. Simple Working Models of Historic Machines London E.Arnold {Publishers} Ltd. 1975
Caidin, M. Worlds in Space London, Sidgwick and Jackson
1954
Callegari, D. Cook’s Cannon and Anchor Kenthurst N.S.W. Kangaroo Press
1994
Calvert H.R Astronomy, Globes Orreries & other Models  
Cameron,H.C Sir Joseph Banks London, Science Museum Her Majesty’s Stationery Office 1967
Carpenter.W.B. The Microscope and its Revelations London, J & A Churchill
1891
Cassell The Popular Educator -6 vols. London, Cassell & Co., Ltd. 1882
Cassell
Hasluck, P .N.
Cassell’s Cyclopedia of Mechanics  
Chambers, G.F., Hand book of Astronomy- 3 vol {The planets .Instruments .Stars} Oxford, Clarendon Press
1890
Chambers,G.F The Story of the Solar System London, George Newnes, Ltd. 1902
Chambers, G.F. Astronomy London, Hutchinson &Co. 1912
Chambers, G.F. The Story of the Stars London, George Newnes. 1901
Chambers,G.F., The Story of the Comets Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1909
Chambers, W. &R. Chambers Encyclopaedia A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge For The People. -10 vols. London, W. and R. Chambers 1881
Chapman, A. The Victorian Amateur Astronomer Chichester, John Wiley& Sons Ltd.
1998
Clarke,A.C The Snows of Olympus London, Victor Gollancz 1994
Clarke, A.C. Interplanetary Flight London, Temple Press Ltd. 1951
Clarke, A.C. Exploration of the Moon London, Frederick Muller. 1954
Clarke, A.C. The Exploration of Space London, Temple Press Ltd. 1955
Clarke, A.C. The Exploration of Space London, Temple Press Ltd
1952
Clendinning, J. Plane and Geodetic Surveying
Vol. 1 Plane Surveying
1945 Constable and Co., Ltd.
Clerke, E.M. The Planet Venus London, Knowledge Press 1893
Coe, B.W. Cameras from Daguerreotypes to Instant Pictures London, Marshall Cavendish Editions
1978
Comstock, G.C. A Text –Book of Astronomy New York, D.Appleton and Co.,
1903
Corti,W.R. The Sun London, Paul Hamlyn
1964
Cotter, H.C.

A History of the Navigator’s Sextant Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.
1983
Cousins, F.W. Sundials London, John Baker Publishers Ltd. 1969
Cox, J & Monkhouse, R. Stero Star Maps London, William Collins Sons and Co., Ltd.
1989
Cross, M. I.
& Cole, M. J.
Modern Microscopy London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox
1912
Daily Telegraph Captain Cook
His Artists . His Voyages
Sydney,Australian Consolidated
Press.
1970
Daniel, C.St. J.H. Sundials Buckinghamshire, Shire Publications Ltd. 1997
Daumas, M. Scientific instruments of the 17th & 18th Centuries and their Makers London, Portman Books
1972
Davidson, N. Astronomy and The Imagination London, Routledge & Kegan. 1985
De Vries, L. Victorian Inventions London, John Murray.
1971
Deiley, R. Joy, W. Captain Cook His Artists-His Voyages Sydney, Australian Consolidated Press Ltd. 1970
Dekker, E. Globes at Greenwich New York,Oxford University Press Inc.and The National Maritime Museum
1999
Dekker, E & Krogt, P. Globes from the Western World London, Zwemmer 1993
Dick, T. Celestial Scenery London, Ward & Co. 1860
Dick, T. The Practical Astronomer London,Seeley,Burnside& Seeley 1845
Dick, T. The Sidereal Heavens London, William Collins, Sons &Co. 1866
Draper, A.L. & Lockwood, M. The Story of Astronomy G.Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1941
Dugan, R.S.
Russell, H.N.
Stewart.J.Q.
Astronomy Vol. 1 { of 2} Boston,The Athenaeum press
Ginn & Co
1926
Dunkin, E. The Midnight Sky London, The Religious Tract Society. 1869
Dunlop, S. Atlas of the Night Sky London, Hamlyn Publishing 1989
Edberg, S.J. International Halley Watch Amateur Observers’Manual for Scientific Comet Studies New Jersy, Enslow Publishers
And Sky and Telescope Massachusetts U.S.A.
1983
Ellery, R.L.J. Observations of the Southern Nebulae made with the Great Melbourne Telescope Melbourne, Government Printer
John Ferres.
1885
Ellery, ROB.L.J.
Todd,Charles.
Russell, H.C.
REPORT on THE TELEGRAPHIC DETERMINATION of AUSTRALIAN LONGITUDES
Via Singapore,Banjoewangie,and Port Darwin
Melbourne, Govt .Printer
John Ferres.
1886
Ellery, R.L.J. Results of Astronomical observations Melbourne Observatory The Years 1881-82-83-84 Melbourne, Government Printer
Robt.S.Brain.
1888
Ellery,R.L.J. Planisphere of the Southern Sky Melbourne John Ferrs Government Printer
{Constructed at the Melbourne Observatory}.
1881
Ellery, R.L.J. Report of Mr Ellery on * the effect of the firing of the Artillery. Melbourne, Govt. Printer
John Ferres *18,g.
Circa 1860
Ellery, R.L.J.


Report to the board of * visitors to the Observatory on the proposed sites for a new Observatory Melbourne, Govt.Printer John Ferres #18,e.
Circa 1860
Ellery, R.L.J.

Astronomical Observatory *
Report to the Board of Visitors
Melbourne,Govt.Printer
John Ferres #18,c.
1860-1 14th March
Ellery, R.L.J. The Present State of Meteorology Melbourne,Royal Society of Victoria 1877
Elliot, J. and Pickersgill, R. Captain Cooks Second Voyage London, Caliban Books 1984
Elliott, J. and Pickersgill, R. Captain Cook’s Second Voyage
The journals of Lieutenants Elliot and Pickersgill
London, Caliban Books
1984. reprint
Ellison, W.F.A. The Amateurs Telescope Belfast, R.Caswell & Son Ltd.
1932
Encyclopaedia Britannica Ninth Edition -35 vols. Edinburgh:Adam and Charles Black 1875
Encyclopaedia Britannica The Tenth Edition of the New Volumes Being the Volume 34 of the complete work. MAPS Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, & London 1903
English Mechanic English Mechanic and World of Science Vol XCI London, published for the Strand Newspaper Co, by E.J.Kibblewhite
At the office, Clement’s House the Strand.
1910
Espinasse,.M

Robert Hooke London, Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd 1956
Ey, J.A. The Billings Microscope Collection Washington D.C., Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
1974
Fath, E.A. The Elements of Astronomy New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1926
Ferguson, J. Select Mechanical Exercises
Shewing how to construct different clocks , orreries, and sundials on plain and easy principles
London, 2nd Edition
1778.
1773. Ist Edition
Ferguson, J. Astronomy explained upon Sir
Isaac Newtons Principles and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics
London. 7th Edition
1785

1st Edition 1756

Ferguson, J
David Brewster
Lectures on select subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics ,……..
The use of the Globe etc etc.
London, 3rd Edition
1823
Fernandez-Armesto, F. The Times Atlas of World Exploration London, Times Books 1991
Fisher, C. The Story of the Moon New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1943
Fishlock, D. Metal Colouring Teddington, Robert Draper Ltd. 1962
Flammarion. C Les Merveilles Celestes Paris, Librairie Hachett
1878
Flammarion,C L’Astronomie Paris, Aux Bureaux De L’Astronomie 1888
Flammarion,C Astronomie Populaire Paris,C.Marpon et E.Flammarion 1800
Flammarion,C Les Etoiles et les Curiostes Du Ciel Paris, C.Marpon et E.Flammarion 1888
Flammarion, C. L’Astronomie Paris, Aux Bureaux De L’Astronomie 1890
Flammarion, C. L’Astronomie Paris, Aux Bureaux De L’Astronomie 1892
Flammarion, C. Les Terres Du Ciel Paris, Didier Et Cie, Libraires-Editeurs 1881
Flammarion, C. & Gore, J.E. Popular Astronomy London, Chatto & Windus 1907
Galt, A.S. Cassell’s Popular Science
-2 vols.
London, Cassell & Co., Ltd.
1904
Garran.A. The Picturesque Atlas of
Australasia
Sydney and Melb.
1880
Gay, P. Age of Enlightenment Holland, Time-Life International 1966
Giberne, A. Sun, Moon and Stars. London, Seeley & Co, Ltd. 1910
Glass, I..S. Victorian Telescope Makers Bristol, Institute of Physics Publishing. 1997
Glover, R. & F. Great Circles Wellington, Alister Taylor. 1972
Gore, J.E. Planetary and Stellar Studies London, Roper and Drowley
1888
Goodison, N. English Barometers 1680-1860 London, Antique Collectors Club 1977
Gregory, R. British Scientists London, William Collins 1941
Greig, B. Halley’s Comet over Australia Melbourne, Writers Press. 1985
Gribbin, J.& M. Fitzroy London, Headline Book Publishing
2003
Grubb, T. Descriptive Catalogue of Astronomical Instruments &c.,
Manufactured by Mr Howard Grubb, Astronomical works
Rathmines Dublin 1877
Dublin, Henry Greenwood Printer 32 Castle St Liverpool
photocopy

1877

Grubb, T.


The Great Melbourne Telescope
An Examination of and the reply to the official reports from Melbourne respecting the instrument, Its erection at Melbourne.
Dublin, :Browne & Nolan
Printers Nassau Street.
1870
photocopy

ANL

Guillemin, A. The Heavens London, R. Bently edited N.Lockyer 1871
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Harvard University Ivory Diptych Sundials
1570-1750
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Hall,T.G
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1854
Hambly,M Drawing Instruments
1580-1980
London, Philip Wilson Pubs. Ltd. 1988
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1833
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Book two
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Book three
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Kreimer,E. &
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1978
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1963
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Lardner,D.
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ENDEAVOUR
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Ley,W. Watchers of the Sky London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd 1964
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Astronomy
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1883
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1878
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