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Traite elementaire d'astronomie physique [complete in 5 volumes]. Paris: Bachelier, 1841. "Troisieme Edition, corrigee et augmentee". Pp xxiv, 691; xix, 532; xxii, 502; xxviii, 658; xx, 533. French language text. Thick 8vo, contemporary vellum and black boards, pairs of leather spine labels, texts untrimmed, several folded charts, total of 94 folded mostly geometric plates at rear of volumes, a few partly colored. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1766 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more