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France : planches du dictionnaire encyclopedique representant les edifices les plus remarquables de toutes les epoques et un choix de monuments relatifs aux moeurs et coutumes des francais ... : part 1 Lemaitre, Augustin Francois 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 944.01(084.11)
Tables astronomiques du soleil, de la lune, des planetes, des etoiles fixes, : et des satellites de jupiter et de saturne; avec l'explication & l'usage de ces memes tables /par M. Cassini Cassini, Jean-Dominique, 1740 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 52-17:094
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
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
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)
On the edge : mapping North America's coasts /Roger M. McCoy. McCoy, Roger M. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.9(7)
After the lost Franklin expedition : Lady Franklin and John Rae /Peter Baxter. "The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalised generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace and all 129 men died in what is arguably the worst disaster in Britain's history of polar exploration. In the aftermath of the crew's disappearance, Lady Jane Franklin, Sir John's widow, maintained a crusade to secure her husband's reputation, imperiled alongside him and his crew in the frozen wastes of the Artic. Lady Franklin was an uncommon woman for her age, a socially and politically astute figure who ravaged anyone who she viewed as a threat to her husband's legacy. Meanwhile John Rae, an explorer and employee of the Hudson Bay Company, recovered deeply disturbing information from the Expedition. His shocking conclusions embroiled him in a bitter dispute with Lady Franklin which led to the ruin of his reputation and career. Against the background of Victorian society and the rise of the explorer celebrity, we learn of Lady Franklin's formidable grit to honour her husband's legacy; of John Rae being discredited and his eventual ruin, despite later being proven right. It is a fascinating assessment of the aftermath of the Franklin Expedition and its legacy."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"1847/1859"
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.
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"
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
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
The new sailing directory for the Ethiopic or southern Atlantic Ocean : including the coasts of Brasil, etc, to the Rio de la Plata, the coast thence to Cape Horn, and the African coast to the Cape of Good Hope ... Purdy, John 1845 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527.83(264)
The dutch in the medway / by the author of "The camp of refuge." MacFarlane, Charles, 1845. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3
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"
Cornish masters & mates : an index /London Cornish Association, Cornwall Family History Society, National Maritime Museum Cornwall. c2006. • CD-ROM • 1 copy available. 656.61-051(423.7)