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Gould Collection for Dudley Arranged by Author 12/17/2003 Gould Collection for Dudley arranged by Main Entry 12/17/2003 Akademiia nauk SSSR. MELANGES MATHEMATIQUES ET ASTRONOMIQUES TIRES DU BULLETIN DE L'ACADEMIE IMPERIALE DES SCIENCES DE ST. PETERSBOURG. St. Petersbourg [etc.] 1853-94. [Gould]VWD6. AS262 .L384. Albertus-Universitat zu Konigsberg i. Pr. Sternwarte. ASTRONOMISCHE BEOBACHTUNGEN AUF DER KONIGLICHEN UNIVERSITATS- STERNWARTE ZU KONIGSBERG ... Konigsberg in Pr., Buchdruckerei von R. Leupold, 1815- [Gould][q]VWD6. QB4 .A77. Anger, Karl Theodor. GRUNDZUGE DER NEUEREN ASTRONOMISCHEN BEOBACHTUNGS-KUNST / ENTWORFEN VON C.T. ANGER. Danzig, Gerhardsche Buchhandlung, 1847. [Gould]VWD6. QA315 .G64 1831. Apelt, Ernst Friedrich, 1812-1859. JOHANN KEPLER'S ASTRONOMISCHE WELTANSICHT / DARGESTELLT VON ERNST FRIEDRICH APELT. Leipzig : T.O. Weigel, 1849. [Gould][q]VWD6. QB29 .A63 1849. ARC DU MERIDIEN DE 25020 ENTRE LE DANUBE ET LA MER GLACIALE, MESURE DEPUIS 1816 JUSQU'EN 1855 / SOUS LA DIRECTION DE C. DE TENNER ... [ET AL.] ; REDIGE PAR F.G.W. STRUVE. St.-Petersbourg : Impr. de l'Academie imperiale des sciences, 1857-1860 [v. 1, 1860]. [Gould][f]VWD6. QB291 .S93 1857. Argelander, Fr. (Friedrich), 1799-1875. DLX STELLARUM FIXARUM POSITIONES MEDIAE INEUNTE ANNO 1830. EX OBSERVATIONIBUS ABOae HABITIS DEDUXIT, ALIORUM ASTRONOMORUM POSITIONIBUS COMPARAVIT SUBSIDIAQUE AD SUPPUTANDOS LOCOS APPARENTES INSERVIENTA ADIECIT MAG. FRIEDR. GUIL. AUG. ARGELANDER ... Helsingforsiae, litteris excudere J.C. Frenckell et filius, 1835. [Gould]VWD6. QB6 .A6 1835. Argelander, Fr. (Friedrich), 1799-1875. INEST DE STELLA b LYRAE VARIABILI DISQUISITIO. Bonnae : C. Georgii, 1844. [Gould][q]VWD6. QB835 .A74 1844. 1 Gould Collection for Dudley arranged by Main Entry 12/17/2003 Armagh Observatory. PLACES OF 5,345 STARS OBSERVED FROM 1828 TO 1854, AT THE ARMAGH OBSERVATORY. BY REV. T.R. ROBINSON ... PRINTED AT THE EXPENSE OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. Dublin, A. Thom & sons, 1859. [Gould]VWD6. QB6 .A7 1859. Armagh Observatory. SECOND ARMAGH CATALOGUE OF 3300 STARS FOR THE EPOCH 1875, DEDUCED FROM OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE ARMAGH OBSERVATORY DURING THE YEARS 1859 TO 1883, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE LATE T.R. ROBINSON ... ASTRONOMER OF THE OBSERVATORY AND PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION BY HIS SUCCESSOR J.L.E. DREYER. Dublin, Printed by A. Thom & Co. (Limited) 1886. [Gould]VWD6. QB6 .A71 1886. ASTRONOMICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE YEAR ... AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY. Washington : G.P.O., 1862-[1883]. [Gould][q]VWD6. QB4.U5 A8. THE ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. [Woodbury, N.Y., etc.] American Institute of Physics. [Gould]VWD6. PER. QB1 .A3. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCHES MADE AT DUNSINK, THE OBSERVATORY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. Dublin, Hodges, Foster, and co. [etc.], 1870-1900. [Gould][q]VWD6. QB4 .D92. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE ... / U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY. Washington, D.C. : Published by authority of the Secretary of the Navy, 1846-1867. [Gould][q]VWD6. QB4.U5 A8. ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN. [S.l. : s.n.], 1823- (Altona : Hammerich- und Heineging'schen Buchdruckerei). [Gould]VWD6. QB1 .A77. August, E. F. (Ernst Ferdinand), 1795-1870. VOLLSTANDIGE LOGARITHMISCHE UND TRIGONOMETRISCHE TAFELN ZUM THEIL IN NEUER ANORDNUNG, DURCH ZUSATZE ERWEITERT UND MIT AUSFUHRLICHEN ERLAUTERUNGEN VERSEHEN / VON E.F. AUGUST. 3. Aufl. Berlin : Veit, 1853. [Gould]VWD6. QA55 .A91 1853. 2 Gould Collection for Dudley arranged by Main Entry 12/17/2003 August, E. F. (Ernst Ferdinand), 1795-1870. VOLLSTANDIGE LOGARITHMISCHE UND TRIGONOMETRISCHE TAFELN ZUM THEIL IN NEUER ANORDNUNG, DURCH ZUSATZE ERWEITERT UND MIT AUSFUHRLICHEN ERLAUTERUNGEN VERSEHEN / VON E.F. AUGUST. Berlin : Veit, 1846. [Gould]VWD6. QA55 .A91 1846. Auwers, A. (Arthur), 1838-1915. BERICHT UBER DIE BEOBACHTUNG DES VENUS-DURCHGANGS VOM 8. DECEMBER 1874 IN LUXOR / VON A. AUWERS. Berlin : [s.n.], 1878. [Gould]VWD6. QB509 .A8 1878. Auwers, A. (Arthur), 1838-1915. NEUE REDUCTION DER BRADLEY'SCHEN BEOBACHTUNGEN AUS DEN JAHREN 1750 BIS 1762, VON ARTHUR AUWERS. St Petersburg [etc.] Commissionare der K. Akademie der wissenschaften, 1882- [Gould][f]VWD6. QB4 .G817 1882. Babinet, M. (Jacques), 1794-1872. ETUDES ET LECTURES SUR LES SCIENCES D'OBSERVATION ET LEURS APPLICATIONS PRATIQUES, PAR M. BABINET. Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1855-68. [Gould]VWD6. Q171 .B11 1855. Bagay, Valentin, 1772-1851. NOUVELLES TABLES ASTRONOMIQUES ET HYDROGRAPHIQUES : CONTENANT UN TRAITE ABREGE DES CERCLES DE LA SPHERE;--LA DESCRIPTION DES INSTRUMENTS A REFLEXION;--DIVERSES METHODES POUR OBTENIR LES LATITUDES ET LES LONGITUDES TERRESTRES;--UNE NOUVELLE TABLES DES LOGARITHMES, DES SINUS, CO-SINUS, TANGENTES ET COTANGENTES, DE SECONDE EN SECOND, POUR LES QUATRE-VINGT-DIX DEGRES DU QUART DU CERCLE / PAR V. BAGAY. Ed. stereotype. Paris : F. Didot pere et fils, imprimeurs, 1829. [Gould]VWD6. QB12 .B14 1829. Barclay, Joseph Gurney. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE YEARS ... AT THE PRIVATE OBSERVATORY OF JOSEPH GURNEY BARCLAY ... LEYTON, ESSEX. London : Williams and Norgate, 1865- [Gould][q]VWD6. QB82.L49 B37. 3 Gould Collection for Dudley arranged by Main Entry 12/17/2003 Bessel, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1784-1846. TABULAE REGIOMONTANAE REDUCTIONUM OBSERVATIONUM ASTRONOMICARUM AB ANNO 1750 USQUE AD ANNUM 1850 COMPUTATae. AUCTORE FRIDERICO WILHELMO BESSEL. Regiomonti Prussorum, sumtibus fratrum Borntraeger; [etc., etc.] 1830. [Gould]VWD6. QB12 .B5 1830. Bessel, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1784-1846. VORLAUFIGE NACHRICHT VON EINEM AUF DER KONIGSBERGER STERNWARTE BEFINDLICHEN GROSSEN HELIOMETER / VON BESSEL. Altona : gedruckt in der Hammerich-und Lesserschen Buchdruckerei, 1830. [Gould]VWD6. QA315 .G64 1831. Biot, Jean-Baptiste, 1774-1862. INSTRUCTIONS PRATIQUES SUR L'OBSERVATION ET LA MESURE DES PROPRIETES OPTIQUES APPELEES ROTATOIRES : AVEC L'EXPOSE SUCCINCT DE LEUR APPLICATION A LA CHIMIE MEDICALE, SCIENTIFIQUE ET INDUSTRIELLE / PAR M. BIOT. Paris : Bachelier, 1845. [Gould]VWD6. QA315 .G64 1831. Bode, Johann Elert. ERLAUTERUNGEN DUR DIE BESITZER SEINER ASTRONOMISCHEN JAHRBUCHER UND FUR ANDERE LIEBHABER DER ASTRONOMIE. Berlin, 1817. [Gould]VWD6. QB7 .B56. Bode, Johann Elert, 1747-1826. J.E. BODES'S ERLAUTERUNGEN UBER DIE EINRICHTUNG UND DEN GEBRAUCH SEINER ASTRONOMISCHEN JAHRBUCHER, NEBST EINEM VERZEICHNIS VON 1025 STERNEN NACH PIAZZI'S BEOBACHTUNGEN. Berlin : Bey dem verfasser, 1811. [GOULD]VWD6. QB42 .B63 1811. Bremiker, Dr. (Karl), 1804-1877. LOGARITHMORUM VI DECIMALIUM NOVA TABULA BEROLINENSIS ET NUMERORUM VULGARIUM AB I USQUE AD 100000, ET FUNCTIONUM TRIGONOMETRICARUM AD DECADES MINUTORUM SECUNDORUM, AUCTORE CAROLO BREMIKER, DR. PH. Berolini, F. Nicolai, 1852. [Gould]VWD6. QA55 .B81 1852. Bruhns, C. (Carl), 1830-1881. DIE ASTRONOMISCHE STRAHLENBRECHUNG IN IHRER HISTORISCHEN ENTWICKELUNG DARGESTELLT VON DR. C. BRUHNS ... EINE GEKRONTE PREISSCHRIFT. Leipzig, Voigt & Gunther, 1861. [Gould]VWD6. QB155 .B7 1861. 4 Gould Collection for Dudley arranged by Main Entry 12/17/2003 NEUES LOGARITHMISCH-TRIGONOMETRISCHES HANDBUCH AUF SIEBEN DECIMALEN, BEARBEITET VON DR. C. BRUHNS. Stereotypausg. Leipzig, B. Tauchnitz, 1870. [Gould]VWD6. QA55 .B7 1870. Brunnow, F. (Franz), 1821-1891. TRATADO DE ASTRONOMIA ESFERICA Y PRACTICA, POR EL DR. M.F. BRUNNOW. 2. ed., traducida al castellano, por el dr. C.W. Moesta. Dresde, Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1871. [Gould]VWD6. QB145 .B77 1871. BULLETIN ASTRONOMIQUE. [Paris] Centre national de la recherche scientifique [etc.]. [Gould]VWD6. QB1 .B9. Callet, Francois, 1744-1799. TABLES PORTATIVES DE LOGARITHMES, CONTENANT LES LOGARITHMES DES NOMBRES, DEPUIS 1 JUSQU'A 108000 ; LES LOGARITHMES DES SINUS ET TANGENTES . / PAR FRANCOIS CALLET ; ED. STEREOTYPE, GRAVEE, FONDUE ET IMPRIMEE PAR FIRMIN DIDOT. Paris : Firmin Didot, 1795 (tirage 1840). [Gould]VWD6. QA55 .C35 1840. Carlini, Francesco, 1783-1862. NUOVE TAVOLE DEI MOTI APPARENTI DEL SOLE PEL MERIDIANO DI MILANO : CALCOLATE SUI PUI MODERNI ELEMENTI / DA FRANCESCO CARLINI. Milano : Dalla Regia Stamperia, 1833. [Gould]VWD6. QB 374 .C2 1833. Carrington, Richard Christopher, 1826-1875. A CATALOGUE OF 3735 CIRCUMPOLAR STARS OBSERVED AT REDHILL IN THE YEARS 1854, 1855, AND 1856, AND REDUCED TO MEAN POSITIONS FOR 18550. BY RICHARD CHRISTOPHER CARRINGTON ... PRINTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. London, Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, and sold by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1857. [Gould][q]VWD6. QB6 .R3 1857. Chauvenet, William, 1820-1870. A MANUAL OF SPHERICAL AND PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY : EMBRACING THE GENERAL PROBLEMS OF SPHERICAL ASTRONOMY, THE SPECIAL APPLICATIONS TO NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, AND THE THEORY AND USE OF FIXED AND PORTABLE ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS / BY WILLIAM CHAUVENET. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & co., 1863. [Gould]VWD6. QB145 .C48 1863. QB145.C48. 5 Gould Collection for Dudley arranged by Main Entry 12/17/2003 Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth, 1847-1931. THE CONSTANTS OF NATURE. PART I.-[V] ... Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1873-1882. [Gould]VWD6. QC20.85 .C52 1873. Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913. A SUMMARY OR INDEX OF THE MEASUREMENTS IN THE "STELLARUM DUPLICIUM ET MLUTIPLICIUM MENSURAE MICROMETRICAE"-- F. G. W. STRUVE, 1837; "ADDITAMENTUM IN F. G. W. STRUVE MENSURAS MICROMETRICAS STELLARUM DUPLICIUM,"--EDITAS ANNO 1837. PETROP., 1840. INCLUDING ALL THE STARS IN THE "SYNOPSIS OBSERVATIONUM DE STELLIS DUPLICIBUS, IN SPECULA DORPATENSI, ANNIS A 1814 AD 1824, PER INSTRUMENTA MINORA PERFECTORUM," P. 305, AND IN THE "IL MENSURae MICROMETRICae," P. 315. RE-ARRANGED
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