An Introduction to Practical Astronomy ...: Tables, recently computed, for facilitating the reduction of celestial observations; and a popular explanation of their construction and use |
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| Title | An Introduction to Practical Astronomy ...: Tables, recently computed, for facilitating the reduction of celestial observations; and a popular explanation of their construction and use Volume 1 of An Introduction to Practical Astronomy, William Pearson |
| Author | William Pearson |
| Publisher | author, 1824 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Feb 10, 2012 |
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