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Book/Printed Material The geography of the heavens : and class-book of astronomy : accompanied by a celestial atlas

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Title

  • The geography of the heavens : and class-book of astronomy : accompanied by a celestial atlas

Names

  • Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838.
  • Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868.
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : Mason Brothers, 1860.

Headings

  • -  Constellations
  • -  Stars--Atlases

Notes

  • -  "Explanations and problems adapted to Whitall's planisphere": p. [339]-345.
  • -  Atlas wanting.
  • -  Atlas has cover-title: Atlas designed to illustrate Burritt's Geography of the heavens ... A new ed., rev. and cor. By Hiram Mattison A.M.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  LAC knj 2020-12-21 update (1 card)

Medium

  • iv, [7]-345 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. and atlas of 9 plates (incl. charts) 42 x 38 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB63 .B9 1860

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca17000331

OCLC Number

  • 10439920

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Burritt, Elijah H, Hiram Mattison, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas. New York: Mason Brothers, 1860. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/ca17000331/.

APA citation style:

Burritt, E. H., Mattison, H. & Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. (1860) The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas. New York: Mason Brothers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/ca17000331/.

MLA citation style:

Burritt, Elijah H, Hiram Mattison, and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection. The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas. New York: Mason Brothers, 1860. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/ca17000331/>.