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The weather journals of a Rutland squire / Thomas Barker of Lyndon Hall ; introduced and edited by John Kington.

An account of the discoveries concerning comets, with the way to find their orbits, and some improvements in constructing and calculating their places. For which reason are here added new tables, fitted to those purposes; particularly with regard to that comet which is soon expected to return / [Thomas Barker].

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The weather journals of a Rutland squire / Thomas Barker of Lyndon Hall ; introduced and edited by John Kington.

Poor Old Tom Thumb, a centenarian. Stipple engraving by W.N. Gardiner, 1790, after T. Barker.

A man holding a spade; two men cutting slates. Lithograph by T. Barker of Bath, ca. 1807.

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The weather journals of a Rutland squire / Thomas Barker of Lyndon Hall ; introduced and edited by John Kington.

Poor Old Tom Thumb, a centenarian. Stipple engraving by W.N. Gardiner, 1790, after T. Barker.

A man holding a spade; two men cutting slates. Lithograph by T. Barker of Bath, ca. 1807.