Celestial Atlas, 1822
by U.S. Naval Observatory Library
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Celestial Atlas, 1822
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U.S. Naval Observatory Library
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A Celestial Atlas (1822) by Alexander Jamieson, inspired by the star atlas of Johann Elert Bode, but restricted itself to stars that could be seen with the naked eye. Comprising a systematic display of the heavens in a series of thirty maps illustrated by scientific description of their contents and accompanied by catalogues of the stars and astronomical exercises, plate 30, 1822.
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