Published by University of Chicago Press, (1954)., Chicago:, 1954
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Neuchatel, NEUCH, Switzerland
First Edition
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Add to basket242 x 174 mm. Thick 8vo. xix, 745 pp. Numerous figs. and tables, indexes; scholarly ink marginalia additions in a few places (notes initialed by J. R. P.). Blue cloth; rubbed. First two leaves clipped on upper corner. Very good. FIRST EDITION, second impression. This is the first of four volumes (complete in itself) on The Solar System. An extremely scholarly assessment of the sun, studying the history of solar research, Hale's observatory, physical properties, the photosphere, radiation, identification of solar lines, solar activity, and much more.