Skip to main content
M:N3:16 3
Edit position
Edit position

Last set 4 days, 21 hours ago. Manual moves override automatic placement until the next shelfie/spine match.

Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore

by C. B. F. Walker

A survey of world astronomy prior to the telescope, analysing instruments, mathematical developments, and early views on cosmology and astrology. Includes a glossary of astronomical terms.

Accession 30174 ISBN 9780714117461 Publisher BCA
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore spine
Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore cover
Live
Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore live spine
No live
Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore spine Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore live spine
Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
History Mathematics Science
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
True
position_updated_at
2026-06-01 16:37
orientation
vertical
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured

Metadata

Book form
LOCATION HISTORY
M:N3:16 3 Current vertical
1 week, 3 days ago
Book Location
Updated 4 days, 21 hours ago
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-05-21 02:03 (2 weeks, 2 days ago)

Identity

name→ title
Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore
vernon_id
42330
accession_no→ accession_number
30174
vernon_slug
astronomy-before-the-telescope-edited-by-christopher-walker-with-a-foreword-by-patrick-moore

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
On Shelf
location_name
Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA
location_reason
On Shelf
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9780714117461

Descriptive

production_date
1996
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
C. B. F. Walker
tags→ tags
—
subject_people
—
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
54650

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "astronomy-before-the-telescope-edited-by-christopher-walker-with-a-foreword-by-patrick-moore"
"opacObjectId": "42330"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "54650"
"cssColors": [3 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "000000"
"hue": 0
"rank": 1
"presence": 70.28
"colorName": "black"
"lightness": 0
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "black"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "708090"
"hue": 210
"rank": 2
"presence": 25.97
"colorName": "slategray"
"lightness": 50
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 13
"formattedColorName": "slate gray"
"[2]": {9 keys}
"hex": "778899"
"hue": 210
"rank": 3
"presence": 3.18
"colorName": "lightslategray"
"lightness": 53
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 14
"formattedColorName": "light slate gray"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "232934"
"hue": 218
"rank": 1
"presence": 70.28
"lightness": 17
"saturation": 19
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "536b89"
"hue": 213
"rank": 2
"presence": 25.97
"lightness": 43
"saturation": 24
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "b4b4ba"
"hue": 240
"rank": 3
"presence": 3.18
"lightness": 71
"saturation": 4
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "939ca3"
"hue": 206
"rank": 4
"presence": 0.14
"lightness": 60
"saturation": 8
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "6a6a67"
"hue": 60
"rank": 5
"presence": 0.21
"lightness": 40
"saturation": 1
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "868fa5"
"hue": 222
"rank": 6
"presence": 0.09
"lightness": 58
"saturation": 14
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "596467"
"hue": 192
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.13
"lightness": 37
"saturation": 7
"imageLabels": [10 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 19018
"score": 84.05
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Publication"
"imageLabelId": 23
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 12694
"score": 74.91
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Book cover"
"imageLabelId": 90
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 15171
"score": 74.52
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Book"
"imageLabelId": 67
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 562
"score": 72.5
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Astronomy"
"imageLabelId": 116
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 792
"score": 70.84
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Astronomical object"
"imageLabelId": 5
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 4954
"score": 62.49
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Science"
"imageLabelId": 180
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 101
"score": 59.09
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Night"
"imageLabelId": 644
"[7]": {5 keys}
"count": 158
"score": 58.04
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Star"
"imageLabelId": 7
"[8]": {5 keys}
"count": 379
"score": 57.43
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Universe"
"imageLabelId": 588
"[9]": {5 keys}
"count": 5750
"score": 53.97
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Graphic design"
"imageLabelId": 17
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/37567/2122832a4796b257b047ed3ff22d501fc1741423.jpg"
"width": "613"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/37567/2122832a4796b257b047ed3ff22d501fc1741423.jpg"
"width": "306"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/37567/2122832a4796b257b047ed3ff22d501fc1741423.jpg"
"width": "27"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/37567/2122832a4796b257b047ed3ff22d501fc1741423.jpg"
"width": "115"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/37567/2122832a4796b257b047ed3ff22d501fc1741423.jpg"
"width": "57"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/37567/2122832a4796b257b047ed3ff22d501fc1741423.jpg"
"width": "919"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 0.31199765
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "30174"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "Astronomy before the telescope / edited by Christopher Walker, with a foreword by Patrick Moore"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Walker, C. B. F."
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "1996"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "1996-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "1996-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes"
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "On Shelf"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"On Shelf""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Main Collection/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Main Collection/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "London/England"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "BCA"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "9780714117461"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Zone N3/Level 2 (Mezzanine)/Phrontisterion/MONA"
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [1 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "c-b-f-walker"
"title": "C. B. F. Walker"
"relatedRecordId": "8851"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 1
"totalRelationships": 1
Topics and Themes