Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. XIII.
Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1863. Hardcover. Brown cloth, library binding, 567 pp., 4 plates, 3 maps. G+ (Ex-library, with usual library markings, identity stamp on front inside cover, pages are tanning slightly in margins, a few pages have water stain along one corner, some plates are tanning, rebound hinges and cover are good and show minimal wear, front cover is curved up slightly.). Item #135201
A collection of nine articles. Includes: "Introduction" ; "Tidal Observations in the Arctic Seas," by Elisha Kent Kane, "Made during the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in 1853, 1854, and 1855" / Charles A. Schott ; "Meteorological Observations in the Arctic Seas," by Sir Leopold McClintock, "Made on Board the Arctic Searching Yacht 'Fox,' in Baffin Bay and Prince Regent Inlet in 1857, 1858, and 1859" / Charles A. Schott ; "Ancient Mining on the Shores of Lake Superior" / Charles Whittlesey ; "Discussion of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations made at the Girard College Observatory, Philadelphia, in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. Part II. Investigation of the Solar-Diurnal Variation of the Magnetic Declination and its annual Inequality" / A. D. Bache ; Discussion of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations made at the Girard College Observatory, Philadelphia, in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. Part III. Investigation of the Lunar Effects on the Magnetic Declination" / A. D. Bache ; "Discussion of the Magnetic and Meteorological Observations made at the Girard College Observatory, Philadelphia, in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. Second Section, comprising Parts IV, V, VI. Horizontal Force. Investigation of the Ten or Eleven Year Period and of the Disturbances of the Horizontal Component of the Magnetic Force ; Investigation of the Solar-Diurnal Variation and of the Annual Inequality of the Horizontal Force; and of the Lunar Effect on the Same" / A. D. Bache ; "Records and Results of a Magnetic Survey of Pennsylvania and Parts of Adjacent States in 1840 and 1841, with some additional Records and Results of 1834, 1835, 1843, and 1862, and a map" / A. D. Bache ; "Researches upon the Anatomy and Physiology of Respiration in the Chelonia" / S. Weir Mitchell.
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