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A man who loved the stars : the autobiography of John A. Brashear
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks QB36.B85 A3 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920.
- Brashear, John A.
- Astronomers--United States--Biography.
- Astronomers.
- Engineers--United States--Biography.
- Engineers.
- French Americans--Biography.
- French Americans.
- Astronomical instruments--Design and construction--History.
- Astronomical instruments.
- French.
- Local Subjects:
- French.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 190 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ports. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1988.
- Notes:
- "This edition omits chapter 19, Brashear's account of his trip to the Orient in 1916, and chapter 20, a group of letters selected by the editor"--Introd.
- Originally published: John A. Brashear. New York : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1924. With new introd.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0822960893 (pbk.)
- 0822911515
- OCLC:
- 16803449
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