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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: Report of the Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory for the Year Ending ...
Author: United States Naval ObservatoryPublisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Report of the Librarian of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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A Statement in Respect to the United States Naval Observatory and Its Organization
Author: Lewis BossA Statement in Respect to the United States Naval Observatory and Its Organization (Classic Reprint)
Author: Lewis BossPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331208358
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Excerpt from A Statement in Respect to the United States Naval Observatory and Its Organization Within the past decade the Government of the United States has been making provision for an astronomical observatory, which in cost is scarcely to be surpassed anywhere in the world. Not including some minor items, the appropriations for this purpose thus far made are: In addition to these sums, the Naval Observatory was already in possession of instruments, books and furniture, the original cost of which was not less than $100,000. The great equatorial telescope cost $50,000, less than twenty years ago. The real value of all this apparatus for the purpose of removal to the new observatory cannot be regarded as less than $50,000. This brings up the cost of the new Naval Observatory to not less than $650,000. But when the current appropriation of $136,689 shall have been exhausted, the new observatory cannot by any means be regarded as completely equipped. Taking as a basis the estimate of $294,487.29, officially submitted to Congress at its last session (51st Cong., 2d session, H. R. Ex. Doc., Nos. 79 and 147), about $160,000 more will be needed to carry out the plans which have been made. This would raise the total cost of the plant for the new Naval Observatory to more than $800,000. The sum already appropriated is larger than that which has been devoted to a like purpose for any national observatory in the world. The Russian Imperial Observatory at Pulkowa, has always, heretofore, been regarded as the most remarkable example of the generosity of governments toward astronomy. It has an equipment of unexampled perfection, and is provided with quarters for all the employees. The original cost in 1845 was 2,100, 000 paper roubles, usually estimated to be about equivalent to $340,000. Extraordinary additions to the equipment in recent years, including the astro-physical laboratory, as well as the thirty-inch telescope, the largest, or most powerful, in possession of any national observatory, may possibly have added $200,000 to the cost of plant. The cost of the new Naval Observatory is large enough to have built, equipped, and to have furnished funds for the perpetual endowment of two such institutions as the Bonn Observatory, renowned for the great number and lasting value of its contributions to astronomical science throughout the past fifty years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Synopsis of the Report of the Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory
Author: United States Naval ObservatoryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington
Author: Louis TorresPublisher:
ISBN: 9781907521287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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The Washington Monument is one of the most easily recognized structures in America, if not the world, yet the long and tortuous history of its construction is much less well known. Beginning with its sponsorship by the Washington National Monument Society and the grudging support of a largely indifferent Congress, the Monument's 1848 groundbreaking led only to a truncated obelisk, beset by attacks by the Know Nothing Party and lack of secured funding and, from the mid-1850s, to a twenty-year interregnum. It was only 1n 1876 that a Joint Commission of Congress revived the Monument and entrusted its completion to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.In "To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington": The United States Corps of Engineers and the Construction of the Washington Monument, historian Louis Torres tells the fascinating story of the Monument, with a particular focus on the efforts of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey, Captain George W. Davis, and civilian Corps employee Bernard Richardson Green and the details of how they completed the construction of this great American landmark. The book also includes a discussion and images of the various designs, some of them incredibly elaborate compared to the austere simplicity of the original, and an account of Corps stewardship of the Monument up to its takeover by the National Park Service in 1933. First published in 1985. 148 pages, ill.
Synopsis of the Report of the Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory for the Fiscal Year Ending ...
Author: United States Naval ObservatoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Bibliography of Map Projections
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Map projection
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Measures for Progress
Author: Rexmond Canning CochranePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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