ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE YEAR 1864
by Gilliss, J. M
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. Contents include: Observations of Occultations of Stars by the Moon; Mean Right Ascensions of Stars Observed with the Transit Instrument; Mean Places for 1860.0 of Stars of Comparison used in Observations with the Equatorial; Constants for the Stars Observed in 1864. 524 pp. Olive paper wraps with pebbled leather spine. Wraps are soiled and missing pieces around edges. ex-mus. stamp/numbers on front and stamp on free endp. date written on title p.(small). Tears to spine with missing areas around ends, sections missing from title bar. Some corners bent/dog-earred. Foxing/mold throughout interior. Book in Good condition.. Wraps. Good. Illus. by Tables. Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/4". Astronomy.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004268
- Title
- ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE YEAR 1864
- Author
- Gilliss, J. M
- Illustrator
- Tables
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Astronomy, Government Document
- Bookseller catalogs
- Astronomy; U.S. Government Document;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/4"
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...