Other Suns than Ours. A Series of Essays on Suns - Old, Young, and Dead. With other Science Gleanings, Two Essays on Whist, and Correspondence with Sir John Herschel
by PROCTOR, Richard A
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. New edition (the original was 1887). Hardcover. ex library-good + . The Silver Library Series. 419 p. plus 32 p. of ads. 20 cm. Illustrated with a number of folding star maps and drawings. Ex-library with the usual markings. Spine cloth faded with label removed.
Richard A. Proctor (1837-1888) was an English astronomer whose name is associated with the determination of the rotation of Mars, the theory of the solar corona, and stellar distribution. He founded a popluar scientific magazine 'Knowledge' in 1881.
Richard A. Proctor (1837-1888) was an English astronomer whose name is associated with the determination of the rotation of Mars, the theory of the solar corona, and stellar distribution. He founded a popluar scientific magazine 'Knowledge' in 1881.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Other Suns than Ours. A Series of Essays on Suns - Old, Young, and Dead. With other Science Gleanings, Two Essays on Whist, and Correspondence with Sir John Herschel
- Author
- PROCTOR, Richard A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - ex library-good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New edition (the original was 1887)
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Whist, Herschel, Science, Astronomy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Astronomy;
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