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Weitere BilderTHE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS. Conducted by Professors B. Silliman, B. Silliman, Jr., and James D. Dana, in Connection with Prof. Asa Gray, of Cambridge, Prof. Louis Agassiz, of Cambridge, Dr. Wolcott Gibbs, of New York. SECOND SERIES, VOL. XXV.-May, 1858.
(LeConte M.D., John; Haskins, R.W.; Blake, W.P.; Clark, H. James; Hayes, I.I.). Silliman, Benjamin; Silliman, B. Jr.; and Dana, James D.
Verlag: New Haven: E. Hayes, Printer, 1858., 1858
- Softcover
Anbieter: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, USABlue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Good. - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, light grey printed wraps. Apparently bound by the publisher in the incorrect wrappers, with corrections penned in ink by an early owner to match the information on the title page. The edges of the covers are chipped with a few short tears. and the head & tai…l of the spine are chipped with a small piece out from the head of the spine. viii & 456 deckle-edged pages, illustrated with 3 folding charts from the "U.S. Coast Survey / A.D. Bache, superintendent". The charts depict: "Approximate Cotidal Lines / Sailing Lines and Lines of Equal Hieght of Tides / of the Atlantic Coast of the United States From Investigations in the Coast Survey. 1857", "Diagrams of Winds at San Diego and San Francisco California and Astoria Oregon, from Observations by the U.S. Coast Survey 1857", and "Measurement of Epping Base Maine 1857". Several page corners are slightly creased. Very good. Included is an article by John LeConte, M.D. "On the Influence of Musical Sounds on the Flame of a Jet of Coal-Gas" [pages 62 through 67]; R.W. Haskins, A.M. on "The Open North Polar Sea" [pages 84 through 91]; J.D. Dana's "Agassiz's Contributions to the Natural History of the United States" [pages 202 through 216 and 321 through 341]; W.P. Blake on "The Chalchihuitl of the ancient Mexicans: its locality and association, and its identity with Turquois" [pages 227 through 232]; H. James Clark's "Recapitulation of the 'Embryology of the Turtle' as given in Professor Agassiz's 'Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America" [pages 342 through 357]; I.I. Hayes on "The Passage to the North Pole" [pages 384 through 392]; and the "Fifth Supplement to Dana's Mineralogy; by the Author".
