Elements of astronomy, descriptive and physical
Subtitle: in which the general phenomena of the heavenly bodies and the theory of the tides are familiarly explained, and illustrated by numerous diagrams from engravings on copper plates. : The work is designed to facilitate the study of a science peculiarly useful, interesting, and sublime; and is intended for schools, academies, seminaries of young ladies, lyceums, and for private reading
By: By Hervey Wilbur, A.M. ; [Three lines from Milton]
Contributors: Taylor, Jane, 1783-1824; Wilbur, Hervey, 1786-1852, copyright holder; Durrie & Peck; Baldwin and Treadway; N. & S.S. Jocelyn (Firm)
Publisher: Published by Durrie and Peck. Baldwin and Treadway, printers
Published: 1829
Place of publication: New-Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Astronomy; Natural theology
Other titles: Wilbur's astronomy.
Notes: "To the officers and members of the New-York Mercantile Library Association"--Dedication, p. [3], dated at New Haven, Aug. 18, 1829.

Includes questions for examination.

Spine title: Wilbur's astronomy.

Copyright 18 August 1829 by Hervey Wilbur.

Page 8 misnumbered 9.

Plates signed by Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn.

"How it strikes a stranger. From the Contributions of Q.Q. by Jane Taylor, abridged."--p. 141-144.

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