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 for young ladies, lyceums, and for private reading
By: by Hervey Wilbur, A.M.
Contributors: N. & S.S. Jocelyn (Firm)
Edition: Second edition, with an appendix of problems on the globes and useful tables.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Published by Durrie and Peck
Published: 1830
Place of publication: New-Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Copyright date: 1829
Subjects: Astronomy; Natural theology
Notes: Copyright 18 August 1829 by Hervey Wilbur.

Plates signed by Nathaniel and Simeon Smith Jocelyn.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.