Author: Asa Smith
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Smith's Illustrated Astronomy, Designed for the Use of the Public Or Common Schools in the United States
Author: Asa Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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The Starry Sky Within
Author: Anna Henchman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199686963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The Starry Sky Within is an innovative study of previously unexplored connections between nineteenth-century astronomy and British literature. Nineteenth-century astronomers revealed a staggeringly mobile world extending far beyond the scope of human vision and Henchman examines how this discovery inspired the novelists of the day.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199686963
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The Starry Sky Within is an innovative study of previously unexplored connections between nineteenth-century astronomy and British literature. Nineteenth-century astronomers revealed a staggeringly mobile world extending far beyond the scope of human vision and Henchman examines how this discovery inspired the novelists of the day.
History of the United States of America, Designed for Schools
Author: Egbert Guernsey
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Star Maps
Author: Nick Kanas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461409179
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Until the publication of the first edition of 'Star Maps,' books were either general histories of astronomy using examples of antiquarian celestial maps as illustrations, or catalogs of celestial atlases that failed to trace the flow of sky map development over time. The second edition focuses on the development of contemporary views of the heavens and advances in map-making. It captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through images from antiquarian celestial prints and star atlases. This book uniquely combines a number of features: 1) the history of celestial cartography is traced from ancient to modern times; 2) this development is integrated with contemporary cosmological systems; 3) the artistry of sky maps is shown using beautiful color images from actual celestial atlases and prints; 4) each illustration is accompanied by a legend explaining what is being shown; and 5) the text is written for the lay reader based on the author's experience with writing articles for amateur astronomy and map collector magazines. This updated second edition of 'Star Maps' contains over 50 new pages of text and 44 new images (16 in color), including completely new sections on celestial frontispieces, deep-sky objects, playing card maps, additional cartographers, and modern computerized star maps. There is also expanded material about celestial globes, volvelles, telescopes, and planets and asteroids.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461409179
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Until the publication of the first edition of 'Star Maps,' books were either general histories of astronomy using examples of antiquarian celestial maps as illustrations, or catalogs of celestial atlases that failed to trace the flow of sky map development over time. The second edition focuses on the development of contemporary views of the heavens and advances in map-making. It captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through images from antiquarian celestial prints and star atlases. This book uniquely combines a number of features: 1) the history of celestial cartography is traced from ancient to modern times; 2) this development is integrated with contemporary cosmological systems; 3) the artistry of sky maps is shown using beautiful color images from actual celestial atlases and prints; 4) each illustration is accompanied by a legend explaining what is being shown; and 5) the text is written for the lay reader based on the author's experience with writing articles for amateur astronomy and map collector magazines. This updated second edition of 'Star Maps' contains over 50 new pages of text and 44 new images (16 in color), including completely new sections on celestial frontispieces, deep-sky objects, playing card maps, additional cartographers, and modern computerized star maps. There is also expanded material about celestial globes, volvelles, telescopes, and planets and asteroids.
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Conditions of the Institution for the Year ....
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
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Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Publisher:
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Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Star Territory
Author: Gordon Fraser
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812252926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Star Territory Gordon Fraser charts how the project of rationalizing the cosmos enabled the nineteenth-century expansion of U.S. territory and explores the alternative and resistant cosmologies of free and enslaved Blacks and indigenous peoples.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812252926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Star Territory Gordon Fraser charts how the project of rationalizing the cosmos enabled the nineteenth-century expansion of U.S. territory and explores the alternative and resistant cosmologies of free and enslaved Blacks and indigenous peoples.