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The Telescope 1827-11-17: Vol 4 Iss 25
Christian Telescope and Universalist Miscellany 1827-02-17: Vol 3 Iss 25
Christian Telescope 1825-12-03: Vol 2 Iss 18
Christian Telescope and Universalist Miscellany 1828-05-31: Vol 4 Iss 36
My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars — Tierney, Harry
Determination of the constants and errors of a 3-inch transit and zenith telescope — Barnhart, Charles Anthony
The Telescope — JAMES WEIR FRENCH
Elementary mathematical astronomy — ['Barlow, Crossley William Crosby, 1863- [from old catalog]', 'Bryan, George Hartley, 1864- [from old catalog] joint author']

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Books in this Collection (100 titles)

The Telescope 1827-11-17: Vol 4 Iss 25
Christian Telescope and Universalist Miscellany 1827-02-17: Vol 3 Iss 25
Christian Telescope 1825-12-03: Vol 2 Iss 18
Christian Telescope and Universalist Miscellany 1828-05-31: Vol 4 Iss 36
My Little Service Flag Has Seven Stars — Tierney, Harry
Determination of the constants and errors of a 3-inch transit and zenith telescope — Barnhart, Charles Anthony
The Telescope — JAMES WEIR FRENCH
Elementary mathematical astronomy — ['Barlow, Crossley William Crosby, 1863- [from old catalog]', 'Bryan, George Hartley, 1864- [from old catalog] joint author']
A collection of curious observations, on the manners, customs, usages, different languages, government, mythology, chronology, ancient and modern geography, ceremonies, religion, mechanics, astronomy, medicine, physics, natural history, commerce, arts, and sciences, of the several nations of Asia, Africa, and America — ['Lambert, Claude-François, 1705-1765', 'Dunn, John']
ditte towards the stars — martin andersen nexo
A compendious system of astronomy, in a course of familiar lectures; in which the principles of that science are clearly elucidated, so as to be intelligible to those who have not studied the mathematics. Also trigonometrical and celestial problems, with a key to the ephemeris, and a vocabulary of the terms of science used in the lectures; which latter are explained agreeably to their application in them — Bryan, Margaret, active 1815
Opera and its stars — Mabel Wagnalls
The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : containing general rules for the regulation of female conduct, and the formation of moral habits; together with the elements of science, as geography, astronomy, natural history, botany, &c. ... being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life — University of Leeds. Library
A compendious treatise on the use of the globes, and of maps : compiled from the works of Keith, Ferguson, Adams, Hutton, Bryan, Goldsmith, and other eminent authors ; being a plain and comprehensive introduction to the practical knowledge of geography and astronomy / by John Lathrop — ['Lathrop, John, 1772-1820', 'James W. Burditt & Co']
Latitude of the Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, Reduced from the Observations of Different Stars; By Mr. Charles Mason — Mason, Charles
An Account of the Preliminary Experiments and Ultimate Construction of a Refracting Telescope of 7.8 Inches Aperture, with a Fluid Concave Lens. [Abstract] — Barlow, Peter
Experiments Relative to the Effect of Temperature on the Refractive Index and Dispersive Power of Expansible Fluids, and on the Influence of These Changes in a Telescope with a Fluid Lens. [Abstract] — Barlow, Peter
Popular Astronomy — Newcomb, S.
A catalogue of 9766 stars in the southern hemisphere, for the beginning of the year 1750, from the observations of the Abbe de Lacaille made at the Cape of Good Hope in the years 1751 and 1752 — Nicolas Louis de La Caille
Astronomy for high schools and colleges — Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909
By suns and stars — Mitchell, Julian, 1935-
Illustrations of astronomy [microform] — Hayden, Henry
Astronomy for high schools and colleges [microform] — ['Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909', 'Holden, Edward S. (Edward Singleton), 1846-1914']
The peak of the load [microform] : the waiting months on the hilltop from the entrance of the stars and stripes to the second victory on the Marne — Aldrich, Mildred, 1853-1928
A catalogue of stars for latitude observations on Dominion lands surveys [microform] — ['Dodge, G. Blanchard (George Blanchard), 1874-1945', 'Canada. Topographical Surveys Branch']
Radial velocities of 30 stars [microform] — ['Harper, W. E. (William Edmund), 1878-1940', 'Dominion Observatory (Canada)']
Measures of radial velocities of fourteen stars [microform] — ['Cannon, J. B. (John Beattie), 1879-1940', 'Dominion Observatory (Canada)']
Ephemeris of stars in the vertical of "Polaris", 1889 [microform] — Blake, F. L
Annual of scientific discovery: or, Year-book of facts in science and art, for exhibiting the most important discoveries and improvements in mechanics, useful arts, natural philosophy, chemistry, astronomy, geology, biology, botany, mineralogy, meteorology, geography, antiquities, etc., together with notes on the progress of science ... a list of recent scientific publications; obituaries of eminent scientific men, etc. ... — David Ames Wells , George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross
The catalogue of stars of the British association for the advancement of science; containing the mean right ascensions and North polar distances of eight thousand three hundred and seventy-seven fixed stars, reduced to January 1, 1850: together with their annual precessions, secular variations and proper motions, as well as the logarithmic constants for computing precession, aberration and nutation. With a preface explanatory of their construction and application — ['British Association for the Advancement of Science', 'Baily, Francis, 1774-1844']
Catalogue of Stars Near the Ecliptic: Observed at Markree During the Years 1848[-1856] and Whose ... — Markree Observatory , Edward Joshua Cooper
Catalogue of Stars Observed at the United States Naval Observatory During the Years 1845 to 1871 — Mordecai Yarnall , United States Naval Observatory
Catalogue of stars observed at the United States Naval observatory during the years 1845 to 1877 — ['United States Naval Observatory', 'Yarnall, M. (Mordecai), d. 1879', 'Frisby, Edgar, 1837-1927']
Catalogues of stars for the equinox 1900.0 from observations made at the Royal observatory, Cape of Good Hope, during the years 1900-1904 — ['Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope', 'Great Britain. Admiralty', 'Gill, David, Sir, 1843-1914']
Catalogue of 1680 stars for the equinox 1900·0 from observations made at the Royal observatory, Cape of Good Hope, during the years 1905-1906 — ['Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope', 'Great Britain. Admiralty', 'Gill, David, Sir, 1843-1914', 'Hough, S. S. (Sydney Samuel), 1870-1923']
A catalogue of circumpolar stars — ['Groombridge, Stephen, 1755-1832', 'Great Britain. Admiralty', 'Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892']
Our flag, or, The origin of the Stars and Bars — ['Macarthy, Harry, 1834-1888', 'Wehrmann']
Meteors; or, a plain description of all kind of meteors, as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy. Briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting-stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, springs, stones, and metalls — Fulke, William, 1538-1589
The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufacture's and Technology 1884-11: Vol 21 Iss 131
Memoria technica: or, a new method of artificial memory, applied to and exemplified in chronology, history, geography, astronomy, etc. Also Jewish, Grecian and Roman coins, weights and measures, &c. With tables proper to the respective sciences; and memorial lines adapted to each table — Grey, Richard, 1694-1771
Ocellus Lucanus on the nature of the universe. Taurus, the Platonic philosopher, on the eternity of the world. Julius Firmicus Maternus of the thema mundi; in which the positions of the stars at the commencement of the several mundane periods is given. Select theorems on the perpetuity of time, by Proclus — Taylor, Thomas, 1758-1835
A STUDY OF SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY STARS — Campbell, W. W.
The Effective Temperature of 16 Stars as Estimated from the Energy Distribution in the Complete Spectrum — Coblentz, W. W.
Map Exhibiting the Stars of the Celestial Bear
A tutor to astronomy and geography, or the use of copernican spheres;... 1665 — Moxon, Joseph
Analysis of a course of lectures on mechanics, hydrostatics, ... and astronomy. Read by James Ferguson, F.R.S. 1774 — Ferguson, James.
News from the stars: ... 1667 — ALMANACS. Andrew, William.
News from the stars, ... 1698 — ALMANACS. Andrews, William.
Advice from the stars, or an almanack for ... 1697 — Whalley, John.
Astronomy and general physics considered with reference to natural theology — Whewell, William, 1794-1866
Astronomy — Joseph Norman Lockyer
Astronomy for Everybody — Simon Newcomb
Astronomia accurata; or The royal astronomer and navigator. Containing new improvements in astronomy, chronology, and navigation. Particularly new and correct solar and lunar tables; with precepts and examples of their use, according to old or new style ... The seaman's ready computer, or new and easy navigation .. — Heath, Robert, d. 1779
A text-book of geodetic astronomy — Hayford, John Fillmore, 1868-1925. [from old catalog]
A system of geography, including also the elements of astronomy — Thomas Ewing
Broad stripes and bright stars; stories of American history — Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin, 1875-1961
Note on the Five-Foot Reflecting Telescope of the Solar Observatory — Ritchey, G. W.
Astronomy without a telescope; a guide to the constellations, and introduction to the study of the heavens with the unassisted sight — Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928
A treatise on astronomy, spherical and physical; with astronomical problems, and solar, lunar, and other astronomical tables. For the use of colleges and scientific schools — Norton, William A. (William Augustus), 1810-1883
Astronomy and Astro-physics ... — European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory
Astronomy : a popular handbook — Jacoby, Harold, 1865-1932
Wills Famous Inventions No. 29 - Early Reflecting Telescope — W. D. & H. O. Wills
A treatise on the construction of maps: comprehending an inquiry into the principles of mathematical geography and the relations of geography to astronomy: with rules for the formation of map-projections — Hughes, William, 1817-1876
Beyond the stars — Hilkey, James Edward, 1882-
Beyond the stars: or, Heaven, its inhabitants, occupations, & life — Hamilton, Thomas, 1842-
Alberuni’s India: An Account of the Religion, Philosophy, Literature, Chronology, Astronomy, Customs, Laws and Astrology of Inda, about A. D. 1030 — ['Alberuni', 'Sachau, Edward (Ed.)']
The complete mathematical and general navigation tables, including every table required with the nautical almanac in finding the latitude and longitude: with an explanation of the construction, use, and application to navigation and nautical astronomy, trigonometry, dialling, gunnery, etc., etc — Kerigan, Thomas
A Complete System of Astronomy. 2 — Vince, Samuel
A new system of astronomy, upon an improved plan. Wherein. the science of optics is fully investigated, and the laws of refraction examined and explained. ... By John Fleming. 1786 — Fleming, John, of Glasgow.
News from the stars: ... 1672 — ALMANACS. Andrews, William.
News from the stars: ... 1674 — ALMANACS. Andrews, William.
News from the stars: ... 1685 — ALMANACS. Andrews, William.
News from the stars, ... 1699 — ALMANACS. Andrews, William.
The British telescope: being an ephemeris of the cœlestial motions, with an almanack for the year of our Lord 1737. ... The fifteenth impression. By Edmund Weaver, ... 1737 — Weaver, Edmund
The method of using the catoptric microscope and telescope. Made and sold only by Joseph Jackson, mathematical instrument- maker, in Angel-Court in the Strand, London. 1736 — Jackson, Joseph, Instrument Maker
The stars in Christ's right-hand. A funeral sermon preached in Great Yarmouth, for the late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D.D. By Richard Frost. 1752 — Frost, Richard
On the Physical Constitution of the Sun and Stars. — Stoney, G.
Elementary Treatise on Astronomy
Astronomical and geographical essays: containing, I. A full and comprehensive view, on a new plan, of the general principles of astronomy. II. The use of the celestial and terrestrial globes, ... III. The description and use of the ... planetarium, ... IV. An introduction to practical astronomy, ... By George Adams, ... - Third edition. - ... 1795 — Adams, George, Mathematical Instrument Maker, the Younger.
The master-key through all the degrees of a Free-mason's lodge; to which are added, eulogiums and illustrations, upon Free-masonry; theology; astronomy; geometry; architecture; arts; sciences; &c. with a correct and complete list of all the modern re — Browne, John
The British telescope: being an ephemeris of the cœlestial motions, with an almanack for the year of our Lord 1736. ... The fourteenth impression. By Edmund Weaver, ... 1736 — Weaver, Edmund
The ladies astronomy and chronology, in four parts: ... By Jasper Charlton, ... The second edition. 1738 — Charlton, Jasper
An essay on a new construction, of the reflecting telescope, which by means of a scale of magnifying powers, is made on universal perspective. ... 1775 — [Martin, Benjamin, Optician].
A new treatise of astronomy, or astronomy opened: being a rational and mathematic enquiry into the true principles and nature of astronomy, or frame of our solar system. ... By Samuel Bamfield, ... 1764 — Bamfield, Samuel.
An introduction to astronomy. In a series of letters, from a preceptor to his pupil, ... Illustrated with copper- plates. By John Bonny castle, ... - The second edition, corrected and improved. 1787 — Bonny castle, John.
The longitude demonstrated, by the use of a silent pendulum; that keeps true time at sea. ... With a new observatory for finding the meridian altitude of sun and stars, ... And a table of the acceleration of fixed stars, more exact than any heretofore extant; ... By Jonah Crathorne. 1718 — Crathorne, Jonah.
Great news from the stars: or, an ephemeris for the year, 1725. ... By William Andrews, ... 1725 — Andrews, William
A letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; ... concerning the rise and progress of astronomy amongst the antients. 1746 — [Costard, George].
Lover of the sciences. A succinct treatise of popular astronomy: or, that science made plain, easy, and intelligible to every capacity. To ... 1780
An abridgement of Smith's illustrated astronomy [microform] : designed for the use of junior classes in the public or common schools
Celestial motions, a handy book of astronomy — Lynn, William Thynne
I Love the Stars and Stripes — Millington, Herbert J.
The geography of the heavens : and class-book of astronomy : accompanied by a celestial atlas — ['Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838', 'Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868']
The Philosophical magazine, or Annals of chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, natural history and general science
Catalogue of the mean declination of 2018 stars between 0h̳ to 2h̳ and 12h̳ to 24h̳ right ascension, and 10⁰ and 70⁰ of north declination, for January 1, 1875 — ['United States. Geological surveys west of the 100th Meridian', 'Safford, Truman Henry, 1836-1901']
A popular history of astronomy during the nineteenth century — Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary), 1842-1907
A beginner's star-book; an easy guide to the stars and to the astronomical uses of the opera-glass, the field-glass and the telescope — Murphy, Edgar Gardner, 1869-1913
Famous stars of light opera — Strang, Lewis Clinton, 1869-1935
Astronomy for students and general readers — Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909
The call of the stars; a popular introduction to a knowledge of the starry skies — Kippax, John R. (John Robert), 1849-1922

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