Sky and Ocean Joined
Subtitle: The U. S. Naval Observatory 18302000
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 623
ISBN-13: 9780521037501
Subjects: Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods; History of science; Science; Science/Mathematics; USA; Science / Astronomy; Science / History; Science : Astronomy - General; Technology : History; Astronomy - General; History; United States Naval Observatory.
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.