THEORETICAL ASTRONOMY RELATING TO THE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.
by Watson, James Craig
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- Hardcover
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N Y: Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. 662 pages. 8vo, 255x165 mm, original cloth, spine faded and stained, peripheral discoloration on covers; scattered minor spotting. Small loss tocloth covering towards bottom of front hinge. Hinges, binding and text block quite solid. First edition of the author's major work. 'It established Watson as one of the leading American experts in celestial mechanics and orbital theory' (ANB). BEA, pages 1198-99; Houzeau & Lancaster 11822. PROVENANCE-Astronomy and Science Books from the Collection of Martin C. Gutzwiller. .
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- Title
- THEORETICAL ASTRONOMY RELATING TO THE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.
- Author
- Watson, James Craig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- N Y
- Date Published
- 1868
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