A history and description of the Royal observatory, Cape of Good Hope. / By Sir David Gill ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty in obedience to His Majesty's command.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gill, David, 1843-1914.

Contributor:

Bahn, Wilhelm, 1884-

Great Britain. Admiralty.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.

Geodesy--South Africa.

Geodesy.

Arc measures.

Astronomy--Bibliography.

Astronomy.

South Africa.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

cxc pages, 1 leaf, 136 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, 44 plates (including plans) map, tables, diagrams ; 38 x 28 cm

Place of Publication:

London : H.M. Stationery off. : printed by Neill & co., Edinburgh, 1913.

Notes:

Ground plan of the observatory, and map (Diagram of the geodetic triangulation of South Africa) in pocket at end of volume.

Appendix II: Cape observatory publications: p. [clxxiii]-clxxiv.

Appendix III. Scientific papers published by astronomers at the Cape observatory other than those contained in Cape observatory publications: p. [clxxv]-clxxviii.

Appendix IV. The South African arc of meridian. By Dr. Wilhelm Bahn. <Tr. from the original article in Beiträge zur geophysik, band X, 1910 ... >: p. [clxxix]-cxc.

The geodetic survey of South Africa: p. ci-cxxiv.

OCLC:

3874692