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The new comet : drawn at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Description of the altitude and azimuth instrument, erected at The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the year 1847.

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich / by the astronomer royal, Sir Harold Spencer Jones.

A guide to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich / Kristen Lippincott.

Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy / edited by Wilfrid Airy.

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A guide to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich / Kristen Lippincott.