BOOK
Title:
A treatise on spherical astronomy
Creator:
Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell)Sir, 1840-1913
Publication:
University press, Cambridge, 1923.
Call #:
522.7 B21T
Extent:
xii, 506 p. : diagrs. ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
Subject
ANALYTIC
Title:
Recent researches in the structure of the universe
Parent:
Smithsonian Inst. Annual rept. 1908
Creator:
Kapteyn, J. C. (Jacobus Cornelius), 1851-1922
Publication:
Smithsonian Inst, Washington, 1909.
Notes:
Reprint of lecture before the Royal institution of Great Britain, London, May 22, 1908.
Call #:
506.73 SM6AN 1908
Extent:
p.301-319 : 4 diagrams.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Fundamenta astronomiae pro anno MDCCLV deducta ex observationibus viri incomparabilis James Bradley in Specula Astronomica Grenovicensi per annos 1750-1762 institutis
Creators:
Bessel, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1784-1846 | Bradley, James, 1693?-1762
Publication:
In commissis apud Frid. Nicolovium, Regiomonti, 1818.
Notes:
Includes index.
Call #:
520 B464
Extent:
[12], 325 p. ; 33 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Text-Book on Spherical Astronomy
Creators:
Smart, W. M. (William Marshall), 1889-1975 | Goldstine, Herman H. (Herman Heine), 1913-2004 | Goldstine, Adele | Cambridge University Press
Publication:
Cambridge, at the University Press, 1944.
Notes:
Half title page Includes index (pages 425-430).
Call #:
522.7 Sm1t
Extent:
xii, 430 pages ; 22 cm (8°).
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
A compendium of spherical astronomy with its applications to the determination and reduction of positions of the fixed stars
Creator:
Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909
Publication:
Dover Publications, New York, [1960]
Notes:
"An unabridged and unaltered republication of the first edition published ... in 1906."
Call #:
522.7 N43C.R
Extent:
444 p. : illus. ; 21 cm.
BOOK
Title:
On vector methods in spherical astronomy. [I]-II
Creator:
Kustaanheimo, Paul Edwin, 1924-
Publication:
Helsinki, 1959-1960.
Notes:
Includes bibliographies.
Call #:
506.471 F49CP V.24, NO.4, 7
Extent:
2 pts. ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Practical astronomy: containing a description of the solar system; the doctrine of the sphere; the principal problems in astronomy, illustrated with many examples. Together with astronomical tables of the sun, moon, and primary planets
Creators:
Ewing, Alexander, d. 1804 | Gummere, John, 1784-1845
Publication:
Printed and published by David Allinson & co, Burlington, N.J, 1812.
Notes:
Not in Sabin.
Call #:
522 EW5P.R
Extent:
xi, [12]-226, 145 p. incl. tables. fold. pl. (diagrs.) 21 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Trigonométrie, rectiligne et sphérique
Creators:
Cagnoli, (Antonio)M, 1743-1816 | Chompré, N. M. (Nicolas Maurice), 1750-1825
Publication:
Courcier, Paris, 1808.
Call #:
514 C12T
Extent:
[2] xvi [511] p. : 8 pl., 12 tab. ; quarto.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Manual of geodetic astronomy: determination of longitude, latitude and azimuth
Creators:
Hoskinson, Albert J., 1895- | Duerksen, Jacob Arthur, 1895-
Publication:
U.S. Govt. Print. Off, Washington, 1947 [i.e. 1948]
Call #:
526 UN3SP NO.237
Extent:
xiv, 205 p. illus. 26 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Relation between plane rectangular coordinates and geographic positions
Creators:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | Reynolds, Walter F. (Walter Ford), 1880-1942
Publication:
Govt. print. off, Washington, 1921.
Notes:
At head of title: Serial no. 159. Department of commerce. U.S. Coast and geodetic survey. E. Lester Jones, director. Running title: Relation between coordinates.
Call #:
526 UN3SP NO.71
Extent:
90 p. incl. tables, diagrs. 25 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Astronomy: Determination of time, longitude, latitude, and azimuth
Creators:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | Bowie, William, 1872-1940
Publication:
Govt. print. off, Washington, 1913.
Notes:
Most of the plates are printed on both sides. At head of title: Department of commerce. U. S. Coast and geodetic survey. O. H. Tittmann, superintendent.
Call #:
526 UN3SP NO.14
Extent:
177 p. : incl. tables. plates (incl. diagrs.) ; 31 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Nuevos métodos astronómicos y regla geodésica de longitud invariable
Creator:
Mallen, Rafael.
Publication:
Escalante, México, 1884.
Call #:
Pam. v.333, no.6
Extent:
VIII, 71 p. : 1 pl. ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
An introduction to practical astronomy: containing tables ... for facilitating the reduction of celestial observations
Creator:
Pearson, W. (William), 1767-1847
Publication:
London, 1824-1829.
Call #:
522 P31i v.1, 2
Extent:
2 v. : 31 pl. ; folio.
BOOK
Title:
A manual of spherical and practical astronomy: Embracing the general problems of spherical astronomy, the special applications to nautical astronomy, and the theory and use of fixed and portable astronomical instruments, with an appendix on the method of least squares
Creator:
Chauvenet, William, 1820-1870
Publication:
J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pa, 1896.
Notes:
At head of title: University edition. Includes index.
Call #:
522.7 C39M.5R
Extent:
2 v., 15 leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., tables ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Harmonie des deux spheres celeste et terrestre; ou, L'art de connoître, la situation, la route, & la distance de toutes les parties de la terre, par le soleil & par les etoiles
Creator:
Goiffon, Joseph, d. 1751
Publication:
P.G. Le Mercier, Paris, 1739.
Notes:
Readex Microprint edition.
Call #:
LMK
Extent:
xvi, 477 p., [11] p.
ANALYTIC
Title:
An applications o fthe method of least squares to the adjustment of photometric elements of eclipsing binaries
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Proceedings, v.86, no.3
Creator:
Kopal, Zdenek, 1914-
Publication:
Philadelphia, Pa, 1943.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Call #:
506.73 Am4p v.86, no.3
Extent:
p. 342-350. : tables ; 27 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Hints to travellers, scientific & general
Creators:
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) | Wharton, W. J. L. (William James Lloyd), 1843-1905 | Freshfield, Douglas William, 1845-1934
Publication:
The Society, London, 1889.
Notes:
Tables. Includes index.
Call #:
910.2 F89
Extent:
430 p. : il. pl. ; sextodecimo.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Werner, Apian, Blagrave and the meteoroscope
Parent:
The British Journal for the History of Science, v.3, part 1, no.9
Creator:
North, John David.
Publication:
London, 1966.
Call #:
509.05 B77 V.3, PART 1, NO.9
Extent:
p.[57]-65 : illus. ; octavo.
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
Circa late 17th century
Abstract:
This is a Portuguese maritime treatise on spherical and planetary astronomy, based on the Ptolomeic system, but with presentation of the Copernican system. There are numerous diagrams and a few interesting sketches.
Call #:
Mss.521.Ast8
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
n.d.
Abstract:
This item is a book of calculations, including problems in the elements of astronomy; the calculations of lunar eclipses at Philadelphia, 1747-1761, and of solar eclipses in 1744 and 1752; and Halley's tables of the sun and moon.
Call #:
Mss.524.G86t
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
APS Library
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