[Three articles relating observations made at the Observatory of Harvard University.]
Published by Metcalf, 1846., In: Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cambridge:, 1846
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298 x 246 mm. 4to. New Series, Vol. II. Whole volume: lxxvi, 568 pp. Numerous tables. Later full navy cloth, gilt spine, original printed wrappers bound in. Ex library blind stamp of the Carnegie Institution Mount Wilson Observatory, small ms. spine label. Fine. FIRST EDITION. The articles offered here are by some of the most respected educators in the United States during the nineteenth century. Joseph Lovering was Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy for fifty years at Harvard. Benjamin Pierce, who built his reputation on highly accurate computations of the general perturbations of Uranus and Neptune, was recognized as the leading mathematician in America. He was the Librarian of Harvard College from 1826 until his death. William C. Bond established the Observatory at Harvard and conducted observations there from its founding in 1939 and his death in 1859. His sons, William C. Bond, Jr. and George Bond worked with him at Cambridge; the latter succeeded the father as Director of the Observatory. Also included in this volume is a 76-page Eulogy on Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) by John Pickering (1777-1846). [Including: An account of the magnetic observations made at the observatory of Harvard University, Cambridge, . . Communicated by Joseph Lovering. With: LOVERING, An account of the magnetic observations made at the observatory of Harvard University, Cambridge. With: PEIRCE, Benjamin (1809-1880), The latitude of the Cambridge Observatory, in Massachusetts, determined, from transits of stars over the prime vertical observed during the months of December, 1844, and January, 1845, by William Cranch Bond, Major James D. Graham and George P. Bond.].…
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- [Three articles relating observations made at the Observatory of Harvard University.]
- Author
- LOVERING, Joseph (1813-1892) & William Cranch BOND (1789-1859).
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- Metcalf, 1846., In: Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cambridge:
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- 1846
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- Soft cover
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