The poetry of astronomy : a series of familiar essays on the heavenly bodies, regarded less in their...
The poetry of astronomy : a series of familiar essays on the heavenly bodies, regarded less in their strictly scientific aspect than as suggesting thoughts respecting infinities of time and space, of variety, of vitality, and of development / by Richard A. Proctor.
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Publisher
London : Smith, Elder, & Co., 1881.
Date
1881.
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523.02/P
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 447 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Age of the sun and earth -- The sun in his glory -- When the sea was young -- Is the moon dead? -- The moon's myriad small craters -- A new crater in the moon -- A fiery world -- The planet of war -- Living in dread and terror -- A ring of worlds -- Earth-born meteorites -- The architecture of the u...
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Publisher
London : Smith, Elder, & Co., 1881.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1881.
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The poetry of astronomy : a series of familiar essays on the heavenly bodies, regarded less in their strictly scientific aspect than as suggesting thoughts respecting infinities of time and space, of variety, of vitality, and of development / by Richard A. Proctor.
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Preface dated: Newcastle, New South Wales: August 30, 1880.
Mitchell Library copy : signed "John Tebbutt, Nov. 1883"
Mitchell Library copy : Tebbutt Memorial bookplate.
Mitchell Library copy : Tebbutt Memorial on spine.
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523.02/P
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74VvNKEvNWQy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvNKEvNWQy
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991012870049702626
