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Re: DOVER Publishing and "Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy".
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2003 Dec 29, 12:01 -0500
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2003 Dec 29, 12:01 -0500
There are several copies on abebooks.com but they are not cheap. You can buy either Vol I, Vol II or both. HTH Michael Dorl wrote: > Sorry folks but I missed the previous discussion on this. > > I hunted through the Dover site but could find no reference to this > reprint. > > Any hints would be much appreciated. > > Mike > > > At 04:55 PM 12/27/03 -0800, you wrote: > >> On Wednesday, December 24, 2003, at 10:48 AM, Fred Hebard wrote: >> >>> The title of this book may be "Manual of Spherical and Practical >>> Astronomy". >> >> >> Yes, it is that. The "A Manual of" part was not printed on the spine. >> >> My copy has a page following the title page but before the preface >> which states that "the following pages [the entire book!] are printed >> from the stereotype plates of the Appendix to the author's Manual of >> Spherical and Practical Astronomy, without any change in the numbering >> of the pages or of the tables." I am not quite sure what this means... >> >> I am glad to hear that there is a Dover reprint. It is a great book! >> >> Dan > > -- Courtney Thomas s/v Mutiny lying Oriental, NC WDB5619