Letters on Astronomy : (Record no. 42427)
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| control field | 40240 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | PGUSA |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20160229143257.0 |
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| Original cataloging agency | PGUSA |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | dc |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QB |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Olmsted, Denison, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1859 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Letters on Astronomy : |
| Remainder of title | |
| -- | in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers |
| Medium | [recurso electrónico] / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Denison Olmsted |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preface -- Introductory observations -- Doctrine of the sphere -- Astronomical instruments; telescope -- Observatories -- Time and the calendar -- Figure of the earth -- Diurnal revolution -- Parallax and refraction -- The sun -- Annual revolution; seasons -- Laws of motion -- Terrestrial gravity -- Sir Isaac Newton; unversal gravitation; figure of the earth's orbit; precession of the equinoxes -- The moon -- The moon; phases; harvest moon; librations -- Moon's orbit; her irregularities -- Eclipses -- Longitude; tides -- Planets; Mercury and Venus -- Superior planets: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus -- Copernicus; Galileo -- Saturn; Uranus; asteroids -- The planetary motions; Kepler's laws; Kepler -- Comets -- Meteoric showers -- Fixed stars -- System of the world -- Natural theology -- Recent discoveries. |
| 506 ## - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Public domain in the USA. |
| 516 ## - TYPE OF COMPUTER FILE OR DATA NOTE | |
| Type of computer file or data note | Text |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Astronomy |
| 830 ## - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Project Gutenberg |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 40240 |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40240 |
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