Book, Mattison's High School Astronomy
date: label: date made
content: 1859
name: label: maker
content: Mattison, Hiram
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content: Mason Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: The Methodist clergyman Hiram Mattison (1811-18680 was born in Norway, New York and died in Jersey City, New Jersey. In addition to teaching natural philosophy and astronomy for a time at the Falley seminary, he wrote actively on religious and educational topics. This astrometry, published by Mason Brothers in New York, was specifically designed for academies and seminaries of learning, revised from Maddison’s earlier <I>Elementary Astronomy</I>. The three parts of the book concern the solar system, the sidereal heavens, and practical or instrumental astronomy. This copy is signed inside the cover: O. P. Carpenter’s (/) Book.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Astronomy
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth E. Myer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3133.09
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3133
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3133.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 12.5 cm x 18.9 cm; 29/32 in x 4 29/32 in x 7 7/16 in