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A Compend of astronomy : containing an exposition of the appearances of the celestial bodies. : For the use of students.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 17264. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17264.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1809.
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 60 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Other Title:
- Treatise of astronomy.
- Astronomy.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, : Printed for F. Nichols, by T. & G. Palmer., 1809.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- "The object of this tract is to give only an exposition of the solar system and the appearances of the heavens, divested ... of technical terms, which ... are not adapted to facilitate the progress of young students, for whose use this compend is chiefly designed."--Preface, p. [3], dated: November, 1809.
- Caption title: A treatise of astronomy.
- Running title: Astronomy.
- Last page blank.
- Metal-engraved plates.
- "Corrections and amendments."--p. [63].
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17264).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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