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James Lick's Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory Hardcover - 1987
by Helen Wright
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- Title James Lick's Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory
- Author Helen Wright
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 247
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, NY
- Date 1987
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780521321051 / 0521321050
- Weight 1.13 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 5.98 x 0.98 in (22.81 x 15.19 x 2.49 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Astronomers - United States - Biography, Lick Observatory - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86004179
- Dewey Decimal Code 522.197
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James Lick's Monument - The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory
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James Lick's Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory
by Wright, Helen (Mary Helen Wright Hawkins Greuter )
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New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xvi, 247 Pp. Charcoal Cloth With Gilt Stamping. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Mary Helen Wright Greuter (1914 - 1997) Was An American Astronomer And Historian, Who Wrote And Edited On The History And Methodology Of Sciences, Including Anthropology, Archeology, Mathematics, And Physics. Through Her Father, Who Led The Carnegie Institution For Science Moon Project At The Mount Wilson Observatory, Wright Became Acquainted With People At Mt. Wilson, And Got A Job As An Assistant (1937) Doing Research On The History Of Telescopes; And In The Same Year, Worked As An Assistant At The Vassar College Observatory. She Also Worked As A Junior Assistant At The U.S. Naval Observatory In Washington, D.C. (1942-43); And Was Associated With Palomar Observatory. In 1943, She Became A Freelance Author And Editor.Her Best Known Works Include, Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale (1966) And…
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