First edition, 16pp., original printed wrappers, a good copy. In astronomy, parallax is the only direct method by which distances to objects (typically stars) beyond the Solar System can be measured.

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Title

The Sun's Distance and Parallax; being a Paper read to the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, April 14, 1869.

Publisher

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas

Publication Date

1869

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

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Astronomy

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Forest Books, ABA-ILAB
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