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A Meteorological Account of the Weather in Philadelphia from January 1, 1790, to January 1, 1847 Including Fifty-Seven Years; with an Appendix Containing a Great Variety of Interesting Information, for Which, See Table of Contents
by Peirce, Charles
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. Good. 1847. Hardcover. Spine cocked, corners bumped and rubbed, spine end with small losses of cloth, outer rear hinge also torn at head of spine, boards spotted, pages foxed throughout, former owner name front pastedown, but all pages still solidly bound. ; 12mo, brown cloth, 300pp. , appendix. Lists month by month of early metrological statistics. .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3712
- Title
- A Meteorological Account of the Weather in Philadelphia from January 1, 1790, to January 1, 1847 Including Fifty-Seven Years; with an Appendix Containing a Great Variety of Interesting Information, for Which, See Table of Contents
- Author
- Peirce, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Lindsay & Blakiston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1847
- Keywords
- METEOROLOGY, METROLOGICAL, RECORDS, PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, PIERCE, WEATHER, OBSERVATIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History / General;
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About the Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...