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Lowell Observatory / Kevin Schindler.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Schindler, Kevin, author.
Series:
Images of America.
Images of America
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lowell Observatory--History--Pictorial works.
Lowell Observatory.
Astronomy--Research--Arizona--Flagstaff--History--Pictorial works.
Astronomy.
Astronomical observatories--Arizona--Flagstaff--History--Pictorial works.
Astronomical observatories.
Flagstaff (Ariz.)--History--Pictorial works.
Flagstaff (Ariz.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]
Summary:
Atop a mesa one mile west of downtown Flagstaff, Arizona, sits Lowell Observatory, an astronomical research facility steeped in tradition.Percival Lowell, scion of a Boston Brahmin family, initially established his observatory in 1894 to study the possibility of intelligent life on Mars.
Contents:
The Lowells talk only to Cabots
Abandon cities and forgo plains
The best telescope money can buy
The mystery of Mars
Planet X and Pluto
We choose to go to the Moon
Sky watchers and their discoveries
Instruments of the trade
Other buildings.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-4396-5572-3
OCLC:
945038960

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