Francis Baily. Stipple engraving.

Francis Baily. Mezzotint by T. Lupton after T. Phillips.

Francis Baily. Stipple engraving by F. Storm, 1849, after T. Phillips.

Man who weighed the earth : Baily's beads / L. Graham H. Horton-Smith.

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.

1 unnumbered leaf, 48 pages : tables ; (4to)

On the new method of determining the longitude by the culmination of the moon and stars being a paper read before the Astronomical society of London. To which are now added an appendix, and a list of stars, applicable to the purpose, for the year 1825 / By Francis Baily.

An account of the several life-assurance companies established in London. Containing a view of their respective merits and advantages / [Francis Baily].

[Francis Baily correspondence].

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On the new method of determining the longitude by the culmination of the moon and stars being a paper read before the Astronomical society of London. To which are now added an appendix, and a list of stars, applicable to the purpose, for the year 1825 / By Francis Baily.

An account of the several life-assurance companies established in London. Containing a view of their respective merits and advantages / [Francis Baily].

[Francis Baily correspondence].

Francis Baily. Mezzotint by T. Lupton after T. Phillips.

Francis Baily. Mezzotint by T. Lupton after T. Phillips.

Francis Baily. Stipple engraving by F. Storm, 1849, after T. Phillips.

Man who weighed the earth : Baily's beads / L. Graham H. Horton-Smith.

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.