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The peripatetic astronomer : the life of Charles Piazzi Smyth / H.A. Brück and M.T. Brück.

Astronomy: stars in the night sky, with Encke's comet. Coloured engraving by J. Basire, 1851 after C. Piazzi Smyth.

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Charles Piazzi Smyth

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Astronomy: stars in the night sky, with Encke's comet. Coloured engraving by J. Basire, 1851 after C. Piazzi Smyth.