Sky and Ocean Joined
Subtitle:  The U.S. Naval Observatory 1830-2000
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780521815994
Subjects: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; History of science; United States Naval Observatory; Science; Astronomy - General; United States Naval Observator; Science/Mathematics; USA; Star Observation; War & Military; Science / Astronomy; Astronomy; Physics; 19th century; 20th century; History; United States
First sentence: If Greenwich Observatory had its Charles II, Paris Observatory its Louis XIV, and Pulkovo Observatory its Tsar Nicholas I, the American counterpart, in good Yankee tradition, began with nothing quite so regal.