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Astrophotography: Original Astronomical Full-Field Circular Photograph Of Stars And Galaxies From Carnegie Institution Mt. Wilson Observatory

Newcomb, SimonBiblio.com

On The Secular Variations And Mutual Relations Of The Orbits Of The Asteroids

1867039052Cambridge / Washington: Welch Bigelow And Company 1860 / Washington Observations For 1865 1867 1867. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Pp 123-1520; 29Pp. The First Paper Is An Offprint Of An Article In The Memoirs Of The American Academy New Series Vol V 1860 Preserving The Prited Cover With Title Etc.; The Second Paper Is Extracted From Washington Obervations For 1865 1867. The Two Papers Were Bound Together As Part Of A Larger Compilation. Simon Newcomb 1835 -1909 Was A Canadian-American Astronomer Applied Mathematician And Autodidactic Polymath. Newcomb Visited Paris France In 1870 Already Aware That The Table Of Lunar Positions Calculated By Peter Andreas Hansen Was In Error. While In Paris He Realized That In Addition To The Data From 1750 To 1838 That Hansen Had Used There Was Further Data Stretching As Far Back As 1672 And Newcomb Used The "New" Data To Revise Hansen's Tables. In 1878 Newcomb Started Planning For A New And Precise Measurement Of The Speed Of Light Starting Development A Refinement Of The Method Of Léon Foucault. A Letter From Albert Abraham Michelson Began A Long Collaboration And Friendship. In 1880 Michelson Assisted At Newcomb's Initial Measurement But Michelson Left To Start His Own Project. Miichelson Published His First Measurement In 1880 But Newcomb's Measurement Was Substantially Different And In 1883 Michelson Revised His Measurement To A Value Closer To Newcomb's. In 1881 Newcomb Discovered The Statistical Principle Now Known As Benford's Law Formulating The Principle That In Any List Of Numbers Taken From An Arbitrary Set Of Data More Numbers Will Tend To Begin With "1" Than With Any Other Digit.I N 1891 Within Months Of Seth Carlo Chandler's Discovery Of The 14-Month Variation Of Latitude Now Referred To As The Chandler Wobble Newcomb Explained The Apparent Conflict Between The Observed Motion And Predicted Period Of The Wobble As Due To Elasticiity; He Used The Variation Of Latitude Observations To Estimate The Elasticity Of Earth Finding It To Be Slightly More Rigid Than Steel. He Wrote On Economics And His Principles Of Political Economy 1885 Was Described By John Maynard Keynes As "One Of Those Original Works Which A Fresh Scientific Mind Not Perverted By Having Read Too Much Of The Orthodox Stuff Is Able To Produce From Time To Time In A Half-Formed Subject Like Economics." He Was Credited By Irving Fisher With The First-Known Enunciation Of The Equation Of Exchange Between Money And Goods Used In The Quantity Theory Of Money. His Reputation Suffers From His Hostility To C. S. Pierce And Also From Newcomb's Disbelief In The Possibility Of Manned Flight. Source: Wikipedia. Welch, Bigelow, And Company (1860) / Washington Observations For 1865 (1867) hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis365,15 $US≈ 308,95 €

Jeans, HW H WBiblio.com

NAVIGATION AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY. The Practical Part; Containing Rules for Finding the Latitude and Longitude and the Variation of the Compass. With Numerous Examples.

185395440London: John Weale 1853. 1853. Fair. FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE SCOTTISH-AMERICAN ASTRONOMER WILLIAM HARKNESS SIGNED BY HIM - Octavo 7-3/8 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Three-quarter black leather & marbled boards titled in gilt with raised bands on the spine. The covers are rubbed and the leather is scuffed. The rear cover is detached. 279 pages illustrated with textual diagrams. There is offsetting to the endpapers and pastedowns with minor chipping to the edges of the endpapers. The edges of the title page are darkened and the pages are toned. A complete copy of the rare first edition well worth rebinding. First edition.A wonderful association copy from the library of the Scottish-born American astronomer William Harkness with his name and the date "April 26th 1858" signed in pencil on the front pastedown. 1858 was the year he graduated from the University of Rochester.The Scottish-born American astronomer William Harkness 1837-1903 studied at LaFayette College and the University of Rochester before pursuing further studies in medicine in New York City. A surgeon in the Union armies during the Civil War he also served as an aid in astronomy at the United States Naval Observatory and subsequently on the USS Monadnock. He discovered the coronal line K1474 while observing the August 1869 solar eclipse. As a member of the Transit of Venus Commission he was in charge of the group at Hobart Tasmania in 1879 and subsequently of that in Washington in 1882. Harkness contributed to the construction and improvement of telescopes and invented several astronomical instruments including the spherometer caliper. He went on to serve as astronomical director of the Naval Observatory from 1894 through 1899 and director of the Nautical Almanac from 1897 through 99 and was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His published works include "The Solar Parallax and its Related Constants" 1891. London: John Weale, 1853. hardcover

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. · États-Unis375,00 $US≈ 317,29 €

Sir Patrick Moore [Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore] (1923-2012), English astronomer and writer and populariser of astronomy [ H DaBiblio.com

Sir Patrick Moore. Typescript with Autograph corrections of 13 scripts for South African radio series title 'Into Space' with version rewritten for publication and four Autograph Letters Signed and Autograph Card Signed to H. David Lloyd.

16571Moore's correspondence on his letterhead Farthings 39 West Street Selsey Sussex. Dated between 11 November 1972 and 5 February 1973. The talks undated but from shortly before this. Collection of eleven items. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. ONE: Typescripts of 13 radio talks. 65pp. 4to. On loose leaves. Titles: 1 'Our Earth in Space'; 2 'Dreams of other Worlds'; 3 'Rockets into Space'; 4 'Man-made Moons'; 5 'Man in Space'; 6 'Space Research and Ourselves'; 7 'Contact with the Moon'; 8 '"One small Step . . . ."'; 9 'Space Stations and Lunar Bases'; 10 'Mariners to Mars'; 11 'Into the Hot Regions'; 12 'The Grand Tour'; 13 'Flight to the Stars'. With a few manuscript emendations by Moore in black felt-tip pen and other editorial emendations. TWO: Version of Item One substantially rewritten for publication. 79pp. folio. On loose leaves. Titles: 1 'Men and the Stars'; 2 'Watchers of the Stars'; 3 'The Sun's Family'; 4 'The Moon World'; 5 'Our Neighbour Planets'; 6 'Giants of the Solar System'; 7 'Wanderers in Space'; 8 'Our Star - The Sun'; 9 'Other Suns'; 10 'Stars of Many Kinds'; 11 'Gas Clouds and Island Universes'; 12 'Beginnings and Endings'; 13 'Life Elsewhere' THREE: Typed 'Foreword' to Item Two by 'Patrick Moore Selsey 1972.' With extensive autograph emendations. The second paragraph of three reads: 'The SABC English Service had invited me to make a short series of broadcasts. This was followed later by a second series; and after that it was suggested that I should present regular weekly broadcasts on astronomical topics. There have been many requests for copies of these talks and the present book has grown out of them. Obviously they have been modified and some of the essentially topical but now outdated references have been removed; but I hope they present a varied and perhaps historical account of events during 1972 a momentous year in astronomical progress.' FOUR to EIGHT: Five Typed Letters Signed all 'Patrick' from Moore to 'Dear David' - H. David Lloyd of the South African Boradcasting Corporation Johannesburg. Totalling six pages. The correspondence concerns the preparation of the talks for publication. In the first letter 11 November 1972 he writes: 'I dropped everything and did my best. I have amended the articles to make them untopical . I have added a Foreword and I have managed to scrape up a picture for each talk.' On 27 November 1972 he writes that he is 'off to America on Monday for Apollo 17 but have arranged two sessions at the BBC this week before I go. I will therefore be well ahead. Wish I could do one direct from Cape kennedy; but it's too risky'. A letter of 15 January 1973 largely devoted to the 'mystery' of tapes of talks despatched by the BBC which have not arrived in South Africa has as postscript: 'Forgive typing. I am used to a 1908 machine and the BBC one is modern!' On 23 January 1973 he asks if anything came of 'the book of the talks As you know I rushed it through before I went to America in December because I gathered it was needed before Christmas; but I haven't heard another thing!! I'd be most grateful if you'd let me know; and if you are NOT publishing them after all I'd be glad to have them back because someone else is very interested in doing them Reid's.' In the last letter 5 February 1973 he discusses the talks expresses relief at the arrival of the tapes and pleasure at the news about the book. He concludes: 'I do hope to see you again this year. I have the pleasantest possible memories of South Africa!' NINE: Autograph Card Signed 'P' by Moore. 11 November 1972. With his Farthings letterhead. He is 'Off to New York for a conference' and has airmailed 'all illustrations . with long letter i.e. Item Four'. 'Back to Selsey on Nov. 24. Have recorded well ahead of course and am recording again on the 26th.' TEN: Typed Note on BBC letterhead from C. Bunyan for Pat Wood of General Features Television. 14 November 1972. 'Patrick Moore has asked me to send you this slide of Tycho's statue for the book.' ELEVEN: Copy of Typed Letter from Lloyd to Moore 'Productions Organiser English Service'. 31 January 1973. Informing him that 'the missing tape was discovered incorrectly filed in our Tape Library at Broadcast House' and that after a delay publication is 'now in progress'. Moore's correspondence on his letterhead, Farthings, 39 West Street, Selsey, Sussex. Dated between 11 November 1972 and 5 Februa unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni300,00 £GB≈ 342,54 €