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Account of a private observatory recently erected at Bedford

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1830?]
Call number: 494079
Creator: Smyth, W. H (1788-1865)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 29 cm
Associated people: Henderson, Thomas, (1798-1844.)
Associated organization: Astronomical Society of London.
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