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NY: GPO, 1863. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 4pp extract, salvaged from a damaged issue of the Annual Report Of The Board of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year 1862. Housed in protective mylar report cover..
BOSTON HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS. FROM A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A.D.BACHE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. by Bache, A. D - 1857
by Bache, A. D
BOSTON HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS. FROM A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A.D.BACHE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
by Bache, A. D
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Washington: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1857. Triangulation by A.D. Bache Supdt. and C.O. Boutelle Assistant. Topography by J.B. Gluck, H.I. Whiting, J.S. Williams Assists. & S.A. Gilbert Sub-Asst. Hydrography by the Party under the command of C.H. Davis Lieut. U.S. Navy Assistant. Original, first edition published map of Boston Bay and Boston Harbor by the U.S. Coast Survey. Detailed insets include information about the Tides and Tidal Currents, Light Houses and Light Vessels, and detailed Sailing Directions approaching Boston Bay, the Main Ship Channel, and Ranges Through the Bay. Illustrations at the bottom of the map include views of Passing Nix's Mate and Deer Island Beacon; Boston Light bearing WNW for clearing Thieves Ledge; Entering Nantasket Roads Long Island; South Channel Broad Sound and Nix's Mate on the middle of the Northern and highest of the Blue Hills; Passing George's Island Nix's Mate on the middle of Bunker Hill Monument. Map has been separated from original document and paper attachment remains on side with tears and creases. Evidence of top of blue library (?) stamp along one crease on back of map, but does not interfere with any details on front of map. Tears to most of the crease corners from age and use. Browning along creases . Overall map is in Good to Good+ condition, particularly for being more than 150 years old. Scarce.. Paperbound. Good to Good+. Illus. by Fold Out Map. Size: Approx. 36" x 28 1/2". Map.
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Eulogy On Hon. James A. Pearce Of Maryland
by Bache, A. D., Professor
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On the Relative Horizontal Intensities of Terrestrial Magnetism at several places in the United States: with the investigation of corrections for Temperature, and comparisons of the methods of oscillation in full and rarefied Air
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American Philosophical Society. Extracted from Volume 5 of Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Part II, Article XXVIII, paper read May 6, 1836. pp. 427 to 457. Very light foxing. . Good. Paper. 1837.
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ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR A. D. BACHE, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1851, ON RETIRING FROM THE DUTIES OF PRESIDENT.
by Bache, A. D
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N.P. Book. Good. Soft cover. (1852), pp xli - lx, (20pp), no covers, apparently removed from a bound volume. Moderate soiling else G. In plastic report covers. Professor A. D. Bache was stepping down as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From his opening remarks: "On retiring from the office of President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I submit, in conformity with usage, to its members, a few remarks in relation to the circumstances attending its organization, and to its progress, and some considerations of the direction in which we may look for its greatest usefulness.".
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Standard Mean Places of Circumpolar and Time Stars, Prepared for the U.S. Coast Survey (Standard Places of Fundamental Stars)
by Bache, A.D., Superintendent
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Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1866. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Good copy of this slim tall-format paperback. Edge-wear to the covers, clean/unmarked within. (Not ex-library.)
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SITE OF A BEACON ON REBECCA SHOAL: Florida Reef
by [MAP] A. D. Bache
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(Wash. D.C.): U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1851. Imperial Edition. Map. Very Good. 8 " x 7 15/16". Original fold visible. One small chip missing from the left upper corner. ***This map comes from the Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey for 1851. It Shows Florida coast, Rebecca Shoals in particular. The Dry Tortugas can be seen on the left side.***.
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Treatise on Optics
by Brewster, David; appendix by A D Bache
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Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, Philadelphia, ca. 1835. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, black cloth. Fair condition. LACKS title page. paper spine title label worn, though complete. binding rough.contents shaken, text complete. sliight scattered foxing throughout. 323 pp., + 88 page Appendix. Not pretty, but a complete and readable early edition
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GRAND BAY INCLUDING THE ENTRANCE OF HORN ISLAND PASS
by [MAP] A. D. Bache
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(Wash. D.C.): U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1851. Imperial Edition. Map. Near Fine. 7 1/2" x 8". Original fold visible. Very Light toning along fold, else a near fine copy. ***This map comes from the Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey for 1851.***.
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GRAND BAY INCLUDING THE ENTRANCE OF HORN ISLAND PASS
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(Wash. D.C.): U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1851. Imperial Edition. Map. Near Fine. 7 1/2" x 8". Original fold visible. Very Light toning along fold. A near fine copy.
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PROGRESS SKETCH SEC. VI: EAST COAST OF FLORIDA: (Upper Sheet) 1871
by [MAP] A. D. Bache
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(Wash. D.C.): U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1871. Imperial Edition. Map. Very Good/No jacket as issued. 15" x 31 1/2". Original fold visible. Light toning along fold, else a Very Good copy. ***This map comes from the Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey for 1871. It shows Florida's Atlantic coast from Anastasia Island to Amelia Island***.
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Sketch E. No. 6 BULL'S BAY: Harbor of Refuge: Coast of South Carolina. Reconnoissance by the party under the Command of Lieut. J. N. Maffitt
by [MAP] A. D. Bache
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(Wash. D.C.): U.S. Coast Survey Office, 1851. Imperial Edition. Map. Near Fine. 9" x10 1/2". Original folds visible. Very Light toning along folds, else a near fine copy. ***This map comes from the Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey for 1851. It Shows the harbor and depth charts for Bull's Bay, South Carolina. ***.
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