TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mennim,Eleanor
TI  - Transit circle: the story of William Simms, 1793 to 1860 
SN  - 1850721017
PY  - 1992///?]
CY  - York, England
PB  - W. Sessions
KW  - Simms, William,
KW  - Royal Observatory, Greenwich
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - fast
KW  - Astronomical instruments
KW  - England
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Instrument manufacture
KW  - Artisans
KW  - Biography
KW  - Optical equipment
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - Transit circle
KW  - Biography astronomical
KW  - Scientific instrument
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index
ER  -