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The wonders of the heavens : being a popular view of astronomy, including a full illustration of the mechanism of the heavens; embracing the sun, moon, and stars, with descriptions of the planets, comets, fixed stars, double stars, the constellations, the galaxy, or milky-way, the zodiacal light, aurora borealis, or northern lights, meteors, clouds, falling stars, aërolites, &c. Illustrated by numerous maps and engravings

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1843.
Call number: 379367
Creator: Bradford, Duncan(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 33 cm
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