Astronomical observations [1838-1842] made at the Naval observatory, Washington
Subtitle: under orders of the honorable secretary of the navy, dated August 13, 1838.
By: By Lieutenant J. M. Gilliss, U.S.N. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States
Contributors: Gilliss, J. M. 1811-1865
Published: 1846
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 671
Subjects: Astronomy -- Observations; Stars -- Catalogs
Notes: "This vol. is referred to as Gilliss, 1838," and precedes the "Washington observations."--Subject index to the publications of the United States Naval observatory, 1845-1875, p. 9

Printed also as part 1 of Senate doc. 172, 28th Cong., 2d sess

"Catalogue of twelve hundred and forty-eight stars observed at Washington between October, 1838, and July, 1842, reduced to the middle epoch, January 1, 1840, and compared in right ascension with the mean places of the British association catalogue, 1846": p. [593]-671