Observations on the zodiacal light.[黄道光観測記(日本遠征記第3巻)] 1856
title
UNITED STATES JAPAN EXPEDITION. OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT, FROM APRIL 2, 1853, TO APRIL 22, 1855, MADE CHIEFLY ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES STEAM-FRIGATE MISSISSIPPI, DURING HER LATE CRUISE IN EASTERN SEAS, AND HER VOYAGE HOMEWARD: WITH CONCLUSIONS FROM THE DATA THUS OBTAINES; BY REV. GEORGE JONES, A.M., CHAPLAIN UNITED STATES NAVY. “Je ne comprends pas par quell sort un objet [la Lumière Zodiacale], qui touche de si près l’astronomie moderne et la physique céleste, a été négligé jusqu’à ce point par les astronomes et par les auteurs météorologiques.”—MAIRAN. VOLIME III.
imprint
WASHINGTON : A.O.P. NICHOLSON, PRINTER. 1856.
physical description
(4), [I]-XLIII,(1),[1]-705,(3)pp. 4to. (290×235mm)
notes
spine title: UNITED STATES JAPAN EXPEDITION BY COM. M.C.PERRY VOL. 3
binding: leather, round back
condition: reading copy
identifier
[DS/881/Ha] (000019133)