The Great Architect; As Manifested in the Material Universe
by PONTON, Mungo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. Second Edition. Cloth. Very good. vi, [4], 9-276, [8] p. 19 cm. 12 mainly colour plates. Green cloth hardcover with gold and blank impressing. Spine ends softened. Bottom rear corner bumped and two corners worn. Tear at top of front pastedown near hinge. Two missing tissue guards. Occasional spotting.
Topics include: structure of the universe; stars; planets; heaven and its inhabitants; light and its cause; colour; laws of the spectrum; photography; Moser's images; permanence of the universe; resistance of the ether; etc.
Topics include: structure of the universe; stars; planets; heaven and its inhabitants; light and its cause; colour; laws of the spectrum; photography; Moser's images; permanence of the universe; resistance of the ether; etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110944
- Title
- The Great Architect; As Manifested in the Material Universe
- Author
- PONTON, Mungo
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Science, Religion, Universe, Cosmos, Cosmology, Astronomy, Light, Moser, Photography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Astronomy;
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