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An account of Donati's comet of 1858.

Date1858

Names

Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865 (author)

John Bartlett (printer)

FormatBook

Notes

Extracted from the Mathematical monthly, with two fine steel plates, 4to size and twenty-one wood-cuts.
Bound (9) with Wilde, H. Celestial ejectamenta.

Subject

Comets

GeographyCountryCanada||United States||Great Britain

Medium

Books

DimensionsCover size: 21 cm x 15 cm (8 1/4 in. x 5 7/8 in.)

Language

English

CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Object Number37131099673436D

Dewey521 W38

Catalogue Record for Print Book https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C604184

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