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Discussion of meteorological observations taken in India, at various heights, embracing those at Dodabetta on the Neelgherry Mountains, at 8640 feet above the level of the sea Sykes, W.H. 1850 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.093M:094
Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of diminishing the present quantity of spirits served out daily to the seamen in the Royal Navy Great Britain. Parliament 1850 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 355.65:663.5
Compte general du material du Departement de la Marine et des Colonies : pour l'annee 1847 /pour l'annee 1848 /Marine et Colonies ; Compte general du material du Departement de la Marine et des Colonies :Marine et Colonies. Departement de la Marine et des Colonies. 1850-1851. • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 342.537(44):094
A hundred horizons : the Indian ocean in the age of global empire /Sugata Bose. "Between 1850 and 1950, the Indian Ocean teemed with people, commodities and ideas .... Sugata Bose finds in these intricate social and economic webs evidence of the interdependence of the peoples of the lands beyond the horizon, from the Middle East to East Africa to Southeast Asia"--Dust jacket. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 913(267)"1850/1950"
Ephemeris of the distances of the four planets, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, from the Moon's centre : together with their places for every day in the year 1834 to which is added an ephemeris of the Moon calculated for every third hour of mean Greenwich time upon Damoiseau's tables, the culminations of the Moon for every day in 1834 for the altona meridian, with auxiliay quantities to reduce it to other meridians and tables for finding the latitude by the Polestar for 1834 /Calculated under the direction of H. C. Schumacher Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1832 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527(083.5)"1834":094
Beobachtungen von sonnenflecken und bestimmung der rotations-elemente der sonne / von J G Bohm Bèohm, Joseph Georg, [1852] • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 523.98:094
Shipwreck and collisions at sea greatly prevented by Christophers' patent improvements in naval architecture Christophers, John 1850 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:629.12
The Hakluyt society • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.
East meets West : original records of western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852. 2007. • MICROFILM • 1 copy available. 347.71East India
Capturing Poseidon : photographic encounters with the sea The book is a curated catalogue of images taken from the collections of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachussetts. The book contains an introduction outlining the history of maritime photography and the background to the museum's photographic collections. The images (97 in total, dating from 1850 to the 1950s), are each presented as an individual artefact, including some explanatory text. They cover a range of subjects, including shipwrecks, shipbuilding and the launch of ships, such as the departure of the Titanic from Southampton in 1912, harbours around the world and images of ordinary life on board various ships. The book includes an index and select biographies of maritime photographers. 1998 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 77.047(26)
The route of the overland mail to India : from Southampton to Calcutta Gallery of Illustration 1850 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 656.86(42:54)
Hawaiian national bibliography 1780-1900 2000- • BOOK • 3 copies available. 015(969)
Building a colony : the convict legacy /edited by Jacqui Sherriff and Anne Brake. This publication originated from a one-day seminar entitled Constructing a Colony: the Convict Legacy, held at the Fremantle Prison on 3 June 2000. The papers explore the lives of convicts and their keepers and their impact on the social, economic and physical fabric of the colony. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 343.87(941)
Sabbaths in the Arctic regions Scoresby, William 1850 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:639.2(98):263
The Franklin expedition : or considerations on measures for the discovery and relief of our absent adventurers in the Arctic regions Scoresby, William 1850 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(987)"1845/1848"
Ten coloured views taken during the Arctic expedition of Her Majesty's Ships Enterprise and Investigator, under the command of Captain Sir James C Ross ... with a summary of the various Arctic expeditions in search of Captain Sir John Franklin ... Browne, W. H.-(William Henry) 1850 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(987)"1848/1849"
Arctic expedition : papers and correspondence relative to the Arctic expedition under Sir John Franklin Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons 1850 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(987)"1847/1859"
The petrel : a tale of the sea Fisher, William 1852 • BOOK • 3 copies available. 820-3
Tabulae reductionum observationum astronomicarum annis 1860 usque ad 1880 respondentes / Wolfers, J. Ph.-(Jakob Philipp), 1858. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52(083.5):094
Distances of the sun, and the four planets, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, from the moon : Calculated according to Mr. Bessel's method, together with their places for every day in the year 1835, to which is added an ephemeris of the moon calculated for every third hour of mean Greenwich time upon Damoiseau's tables, the culmination of the moon for every day in 1835 for the altona meridian, with auxiliay quantities to reduce it to other meridians and tables for finding the latitude by the Polestar for 1835 /Calculated under the direction of H. C. Schumacher Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1834 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 527(083.5)"1835":094
A brief history of slavery / Jeremy Black. "Slavery is as old as the world itself and expert and professor Jeremy Black will show that its history is one that is central to our understanding of the modern world. This essential guide is a new global history of slavery from ancient times to the present day, includes fascinating new insights and interpretations including the role of slavery within Islam, the complicity of some Africans in the transatlantic trade, and will raise key questions about the persistence of slavery today and what our governments are doing about it."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326(100)
The heyday of sail : the merchant sailing ship 1650-1830 Gardiner, Robert 1995 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 629.123.13"1650/1830"
White wings Brett, Henry, Sir 1924-1928 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 656.61(931)"18"
Ten coloured views taken during the Arctic expedition of Her Majesty's ships Enterprise and Investigator under the command of Captain Sir James C Ross ... with a summary of the various Arctic expeditions in search of Captain Sir John Franklin ... and his companions in HM ships Erebus and Terror Browne, W. H.-(William Henry) 1850 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(98)"1845/1850"(084.11)