Sky and ocean joined
Subtitle: the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000
By: Steven J. Dick.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 609
Subjects: United States Naval Observatory -- History -- 19th century.; United States Naval Observatory -- History -- 20th century.; United States Naval Observatory. -- History -- 19th century.; United States Naval Observatory. -- History -- 20th century.; Astronomy -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65 -- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65 -- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65 -- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65 -- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65 -- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93 -- PART III. The twentieth century; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65 -- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93 -- PART III. The twentieth century; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65 -- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93 -- PART III. The twentieth century; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars -- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65 -- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93 -- PART III. The twentieth century; title: Prelude. Perspectives and problems: the nation, the navy, the stars-- PART I. The founding era, 1830-65-- PART II. The golden era, 1866-93-- PART III. The twentieth century