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An inquiry into the propriety of establishing a national observatory / by James Courtenay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Courtenay, James C. (James Carroll), 1803-1835.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy.
- Astronomical observatories--United States.
- Astronomical observatories.
- Blunt's edition of The Nautical almanac, and astronomical ephemeris.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston [S.C.] : Printed by W. Riley, 1827.
- Notes:
- Includes a description of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, p. 9-11, and correspondence between Edmund March Blunt and Edward Hitchcock regarding the accuracy of Blunt's edition of the nautical almanac, p. 12-17.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 17182.
- OCLC:
- 10
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