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On the construction and regulation of clocks for railway stations Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis 1845 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available. 656.2:681.11

Facts versus fiction : or, Sir Wm Symonds' principles of naval architecture vindicated by a compilation of official and other documents, with introductory remarks One Who Has Served 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Symonds

A complete set of nautical tables : containing all that are requisite, with the Nautical Almanac, in keeping a ship's reckoning at sea ... Norie, J. W.-(John William), 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:527(083.5)

May we be spared to meet on earth : letters of the lost Franklin Arctic expedition /edited by Russell A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney, and Mary Williamson ; with the assistance of Alison Alexander, William Battersby, Matthew Betts, Rick Burrows, A.J. Campbell, Jonathan Dore, Alison Freebairn, Andrew Hill, D.J. Holzhueter, Olga Kimmins, Jonathan Moore, Alexa Price, Frank Michael Schuster, Michael Smith, and Michael Tracy ; foreword by Sir Michael Palin. "May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin's fateful expedition to the Arctic. The letters of the crew and their correspondents begin with the journey's inception and early planning, going on to recount the ships' departure from the river Thames, their progress up the eastern coast of Great Britain to Stromness in Orkney, and the crew's exploits as far as the Whalefish Islands off the western coast of Greenland, from where the ships forever departed the society that sent them forth. As the realization dawned that something was amiss, heartfelt letters to the missing were sent with search expeditions; those letters, returned unread, tell poignant stories of hope. Assembled completely and conclusively from extensive archival research, including in far-flung family and private collections, the correspondence allows the reader to peer over the shoulders of these men, to experience their excitement and anticipation, their foolhardiness, and their fears. The Franklin expedition continues to excite enthusiasts and scholars worldwide. May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth provides new insights into the personalities of those on board, the significance of the voyage as they saw it, and the dawning awareness of the possibility that they would never return to British shores or their families."--Provided by publisher. 2022 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.9163/27

Signals of the Royal Western Yacht Club of England Royal Western Yacht Club 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:627.724(423)"1845"

Memoir of Thomas Thrush, Esq, formerly an officer of rank in the Royal Navy, who resigned his commission on the ground of the unreasonableness of war Wellbeloved, C 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:92Thrush

Memoire sur la distribution de l'ectricite a la surface de deux spheres conductrices completement isolees Plana, Jean 1845 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 537:094

On the edge : mapping North America's coasts /Roger M. McCoy. McCoy, Roger M. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.9(7)

Figure of the earth & tides and waves 1845 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528:094

Buried in ice : the mystery of a lost Arctic expedition Part of the 'Time Quest' children's series of books, this covers the research into the Franklin Expedition by Owen Beattie in 1984 on Beechey Island in the Canadian Arctic. Beattie located and excavated the graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine, crew members of the 1845 expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. In addition there is a fictionalized account of the trip through the eyes of John Torrington and Luke Smith, both young crew members, together with coloured illustrations. Numerous maps and colour photographs of the discoveries in 1984 are also included. 1992 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"1984"

An account of the magnetic observations made at the Observatory of Harvard University, Cambridge Lovering, Joseph 1845 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:537.67

Solar and lunar eclipses familiarly illustrated and explained : with the method of calculating them according to the theory of astronomy, as taught in New England colleges /by James H. Coffin. Coffin, James H 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 521.81

Sammlung von hulfstafeln : herausgegeben im Jahre 1822 Schumacher, H C 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.093T:094

On the laws of the tides on the coasts of Ireland ... Airy, George Biddell,-Sir, 1845 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:551.465

The dutch in the medway / by the author of "The camp of refuge." MacFarlane, Charles, 1845. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3

Erebus : the story of a ship /Michael Palin. "Michael Palin - Monty Python star and television globetrotter - brings the remarkable Erebus back to life, following it from its launch in 1826 to the epic voyages of discovery that led to glory in the Antarctic and to ultimate catastrophe in the Arctic. The ship was filled with fascinating people: the dashing and popular James Clark Ross, who charted much of the 'Great Southern Barrier'; the troubled John Franklin, whose chequered career culminated in the Erebus's final, disastrous expedition; and the eager Joseph Dalton Hooker, a brilliant naturalist - when he wasn't shooting the local wildlife dead. Vividly recounting the experiences of the men who first set foot on Antarctica's Victoria Land, and those who, just a few years later, froze to death one by one in the Arctic ice, beyond the reach of desperate rescue missions, Erebus is a wonderfully evocative account of a truly extraordinary adventure, brought to life by a master explorer and storyteller."--Provided by the publisher 2018 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82EREBUS

The laws relating to merchant seamen as set forth in the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, chapter 112, digested and explained, with the forms exemplified and practical directions 1845 • • 1 copy available. 347.793

The East-India register and Army list.../ by F. Clark. [1845-1860] • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.

White Star Line in picture postcards / Robert MacDougall and Robin Gardiner. Examines the history of the White Star Line through a collection of over 200 items of memorabilia. Examples include postcards, advertisements, photographs and posters, some featurnig the company's most famous ships, such as the Titanic, the Britannic and the Olympic. Accompanying text charts the history of the Line from the initial partnership of Henry Threlfall Wilson and John Pilkington in 1845, up until the White Star Line's merger with Cunard in the late 1930s. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792WHITE STAR

Description de l'observatoire astronomique central de Poulkova Struve, F.G.W. 1845 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 520.1:094

Sir John Franklin's Erebus and Terror expedition : Lost and found /Gillian Hutchinson "In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage - he sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was expected to complete its mission within three years and return home in triumph but the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and the 129 men aboard them disappeared in the Arctic. The last Europeans to see them alive were the crews of two whaling ships in Baffin Bay in July 1845, just before they entered the labyrinth of the Arctic Archipelago. The loss of this British hero and his crew, and the many rescue expeditions and searches that followed, captured the public imagination, but the mystery surrounding the expedition's fate only deepened as more clues were found. How did Franklin's final expedition end in tragedy? What happened to the crew? The thrilling discoveries in the Arctic of the wrecks of Erebus in 2014 and Terror in 2016 have brought the events of 170 years ago into sharp focus and excited new interest in the Franklin expedition. This richly illustrated book is an essential guide to this story of heroism, endurance, tragedy and dark desperation."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 910.4(987)"1845/2016"

A hand-book for travellers in the Ionian islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor and Constantinople : being a guide to the principal routes in those countries, including a description of Malta : with maxims and hints for travellers in the east Murray, John 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(495:56)

Olai Roemeri Triduum observationum astronomicarum : a MDCCVI. diebus m Oct. XX. usque ad XXIII. instituarum reductum et cum tabulis comparatum /ab I.G. Galle ; dissertatio inauguralis. Galle, Johann Gottfried, 1845. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 520:094

Correspondence respecting the Liverpool Observatory, between Mr John Taylor and the Rev R. SHeepshanks. Sheepshanks, R 1845. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. txt

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