The encyclopµia of astronomy: comprising Plane astronomy, by Peter Barlow ... Nautical astronomy, by Captain Kater ... Physical astronomy, by Sir John F.W. Herschel ... Essay on the figure of the earth, by George Biddell Airy ... Treatise on tides and waves, by George Biddell Airy ...Illustrated by numerous engravings. Forming a portion of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana.