Second American edition. The 1874 and 1882 transits of Venus—when that planet crossed the face of the sun as seen from earth—were major astronomical events and they spurred many expeditions to view the phenomena. This book gives a history of the previous transits of Venus in the 17th and 18th.....

First Edition. viii, 512, 21 pages. 8 by 10-1/2 inches. Includes reports of the British expeditions of the Hawaiian (Sandwich) Islands (pp. 1 to 256); Egypt (pp. 257 to 346); Rodriguez Island (now Rodrigues; pp. 347 to 400); Kerguelen Island (Desolation Islands; pp. 401 to 480); and New Zealand (pp.....

First Edition. xvi, 350 pages including an index. A reprint of 22 separately paginated articles and papers by King about Islamic astronomical instruments. One in French, one in German, one in Arabic; the rest in English. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white plates. An uncommon and out-of-print work by one of the.....

First Edition. "The whole translated from the French... by John Robertson." Octavo. xii, 390, [2 (advertisements)] pages, plus 10 folding engraved plates, woodcut initials, and head- and tailpieces. Lacaille was a French astronomer known for his intensive interest in calculation and observation. The heart of this book is devoted to.....

First Edition. 77 pages; plus two plates showing equipment and a large fold-out plan of the Sydney Observatory. Includes reports on the calculation of the longitude of the observatory in Sydney and extensive tables of mean right ascensions and north polar distances of stars observed in 1877 and 1878. Russell, according.....

436 pages. Foreword by Carl Sagan. Second printing. Very good to near fine in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed to the Harvard paleontologist and National Book Award-winning writer Stephen Jay Gould. "To Steve Gould, with best wishes. Don Goldsmith."