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A man who loved the stars : the autobiography of John A. Brashear.
LIBRA QB36.B85 A3 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920.
- Standardized Title:
- John A. Brashear
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920.
- Brashear, John A.
- Astronomical instruments--Design and construction--History.
- Astronomical instruments.
- Astronomers--United States--Biography.
- Astronomers.
- Astronomical instruments--Design and construction.
- History.
- United States.
- Engineers--United States--Biography.
- Engineers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 190 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1988]
- Notes:
- Originally published: John A. Brashear. New York : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1924. With new introd.
- "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.
- ISBN:
- 0822911515
- 0822960893
- OCLC:
- 16803449
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