1889 Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences Vol 4 Pt 2 Astonomy Anthropolog

Description: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume IV, Part 2. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. First Edition; 222 pages plus plates; 11.50 by 9.25 inches, weighs almost 3 pounds. Illustrated with drawings, maps, black and white plates and charts/tables.  Rebound for Nathaniel Prentice Banks in pebbled half leather with marbled paper, endpapers and edges; gilt to the spine and five raised bands. At the tail of the spine, in place of the publisher's name, is the name "N.P. Banks." Book was rebound for Nathaniel Prentice (Prentiss) Banks (1816-1894), who was a Union General in the Civil War, Governor of Massachusetts and member of Congress. Contents include:  Elias Loomis . Contributions to Meteorology, Chapter II. Numerous tables and plates. [Note: Elias Loomis was a professor of natural philosophy and mathematics in the University of the City of New York, and professor of natural philosophy in Yale. Professor Loomis published (besides many papers in the American Journal of Science and in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society) many textbooks on mathematics, including Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus, published in 1835.] J. Willard Gibbs . On the Determination of Elliptic Orbits From Three Observations. Numerous tables and charts. [Note: Josiah Willard Gibbs was an American scientist who made significant theoretical contributions to physics, chemistry, and mathematics. His work on the applications of thermodynamics was instrumental in transforming physical chemistry into a rigorous deductive science.] S. P. Langley. The Temperature of the Moon. 26 plates.   [Note: Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was the director of the Allegheny Observatory.] W. K. Brooks. On the Lucayan Indians. 12 plates. The first study of the first inhabitants of the New World to be seen by the Spanish, the entire population having been decimated in less than 20 years. [Note: William K. Brooks was the first Walters Professor of Zoology and director of the biological laboratory at the Johns Hopkins University.] From the estate of Dr.Thomas Eastler, Professor Emeritus of Geology, 1942–2018, University of Maine. Please see the pictures for more information and detail as to contents and condition.

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