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Theory of the winds
- Title
- Theory of the winds / by Charles Wilkes ; read before the American Scientific Association at Providence, August 20th, 1855 ; accompanied by a map of the world, showing the extent and direction of the winds ; to which is added Sailing directions for a voyage around the world, by the same author.
- Author
- Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1856.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | no. 1-14 | Text | Use in library | OAI+ p.v. 67, no. 1 no. 1-14 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
- Description
- 116 p. : ill., 3 charts (1 fold.); 28 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Sailing directions for a voyage around the world.
- Subject
- Note
- Running title, p. 48-116: Hydrography.
- Imprint covered by label: New York: G. P. Putnam & co., 1856.
- "The theory of the winds, which is now for the first time published, has been prepared for several years and is printed in the Hydrography, being the XVII (i.e. 23d) volume of the government edition of the United States Exploring Expedition."--Introd.
- Theory of the winds forms chap. 19 (p. 366-407) of the volume above referred to, and Sailing directions, chap. 3 (p. 39-99)
- Call Number
- OAI+ p.v. 67, no. 1
- LCCN
- 05037902
- OCLC
- 7290679
- Author
- Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.
- Title
- Theory of the winds / by Charles Wilkes ; read before the American Scientific Association at Providence, August 20th, 1855 ; accompanied by a map of the world, showing the extent and direction of the winds ; to which is added Sailing directions for a voyage around the world, by the same author.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1856.
- Added Author
- United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
- Added Title
- Sailing directions for a voyage around the world.
- Research Call Number
- OAI+ p.v. 67, no. 1