Aspects of astronomy in America in the nineteenth century
By: I. Bernard Cohen, editor.
Contributors: Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-
Series: Three centuries of science in America
Publisher: Arno Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Astronomy -- United States -- History -- Sources
Table of contents: title: Adams, J. Q. An oration delivered before the Cincinnati Astronomical Society. 1843.; title: The centenary of the Cincinnati Observatory. 1944.; title: Everett, E. The uses of astronomy. 1856.; title: Gillis, J. M. Report on the erection of a building in Washington, as a depot for charts and instruments. 1845.; title: Milham, W. I. Early American observatories. 1938.; title: Nourse, J. E. Memoir of the founding and progress of the United States Naval Observatory. 1871.; title: Pendray, G. E. How telescopes came to America. 1935.; title: Safford, T. H. A discourse read June 25, 1888 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the dedication of the Hopkins Observatory of Williams College. 1888.