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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
The American Journal of Science and Arts
Author: The American Journal of Science
Author: American Journal of Science and Arts
Author: American Book Prices Current
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
Author: American Journal of Science
Author: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
Science
Author: John MichelsPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta
Author: Clifford J. CunninghamPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331958118X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered Vesta, suggested that the asteroids were the result of a primordial planet’s explosion. Cunningham studies that idea in detail through the writings of Sir David Brewster in Scotland, the era's most prolific writer about the asteroids. He also examines the link between meteorites and asteroids, revealing a synergy between Ernst Chladni, Romantic symbolism, and the music of the spheres. Vesta was a lightning rod for controversy throughout the nineteenth century with observers arguing over its size and color, and the astounding notion that it was self-luminous. It was also a major force for change, as new methods in the field of celestial mechanics were developed to study the orbital perturbations it is subject to. A large selection of private correspondence and scientific papers complete the first comprehensive historical study of Vesta ever published. With a synoptic look at the four asteroids, Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta, Cunningham provides a valuable resource on asteroid origins and explains how they were integrated into the newly revealed solar system of the early nineteenth century.
The North American Journals of Prince Maximilian of Wied
Author: Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian of WiedPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Made famous through the paintings of Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, the North American expedition of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1832–34 was the first scientific exploration of the Missouri River’s upper reaches since the epic journey of Lewis and Clark almost thirty years earlier. Maximilian’s journal has never been presented fully in English—until now. This collector’s-quality, oversized volume, the first of a three-volume set, draws on the Maximilian-Bodmer Collection at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. The North American Journals offer an incomparable view of the upper Missouri and its Native peoples at a pivotal moment in the history of the American West. This meticulous account, newly translated with extensive modern annotation, faithfully reproduces Maximilian’s 110 drawings and watercolors as well as his own notes, asides, and appendices. Volume I, which covers May 1832 to April 1833, documents Maximilian’s voyage to North America and his first encounters with Indians upon reaching the West. This is an essential resource for nineteenth-century western American history and a work of lasting value. This book is published with the assistance of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.