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Report of the officers constituting the Light-House Board, convened under instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury, to inquire into the condition of the light-house establishment of the United States United States. 32nd Congress. Senate 1852 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 627.715(73)
Annals and legends of Calais : with sketches of emigre notabilities, and memoir of Lady Hamilton Calton, Robert Bell 1852 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Hamilton
Meditations from steerage : two whaling journal fragments 1991 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92Jones, John
Theorie de la stabilite des machines locomotives en mouvement Villarceau, Yvon 1852 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 531
Geographie du moyen age Lelewel, Joachim 1966 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 528.9"04/14"
A treatise on the screw propeller Bourne, John 1852 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 629.12.037
The India directory : or directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the interjacent ports of Africa and South America ... : vol 2 Horsburgh, James 1852 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 527.83(264:267)
"The voyage of the F.H. Moore" and other 19th century whaling accounts / Samuel Grant Williams, J. Ross Browne, Capt. Charles H. Robbins, and Francis Allyn Olmsted ; edited by Greg Bailey. "In 1873, 21-year-old Sam Williams embarked on a whaling journey on the two-masted F.H. Moore--he steered one of the smaller boats and when in range threw the harpoon. During the 16-month voyage, he kept a personal log and later reworked it into this never-before-published manuscript, now supplemented by additional research and relevant excerpts of the official logbook of the ship. Complementing this are excerpts from three other accounts of whaling voyages: 'Incidents of a Whaling Voyage' by Francis Allyn Olmstead (1841), the oldest in this collection; 'Etchings of a Whaling Cruise' by J. Ross Browne (1846), an expose of the whaling industry; and 'The Gam: Being a Group of Whaling Stories' by Capt. Charles Henry Robbins (1899), a personal story of nearly an entire life at sea. The four accounts open the 19th century world of whaling to modern readers in a realistic and unromantic way and illuminate the current worldwide debate on whaling."-- 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245.1(73)"18"
A memoir on the equinoctial storms of March-April 1850 : an inquiry into the extent to which the notatory theory may be applied /F. P. B. Martin, Esq. M.A. Martin, F. P. B. 1852. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 551.55:094
The comets a descriptive trearise upon those bodies with a condensed account of modern discoveries recpecting them and a table of all the calculated cometsfrom earliest ages to the present time Hind, Russel 1852 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 523.64
The geography of Hudson's Bay : being the remarks of Captain W Coats, in many voyages to that locality, between the years 1727 and 1751 : with ... extracts from the log of Capt Middleton ... 1741-2 Coats, W 1852 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Discovery
Steel's shipmaster's assistant : containing the information, general, legal and practical required by merchants and all other persons connected with the ownership, charge and management of ships and their cargoes 1852 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.07
Additional papers relative to the Arctic expedition under the orders of Captain Austin and Mr William Penny / Arctic Committee Admiralty. Great Britain.-Admiralty.---Arctic Committee 1852. • • 1 copy available. 910.4(987)"1847/1859"
The Times history of the world in maps : the rise and fall of empires, countries and cities. From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps the world has rapidly evolved and cartography has kept pace with these changes. In this book, over 60 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world. 2014. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 912.43(100)".../20"
An astronomical vocabulary : being an explanation of all terms in use amongst astronomers at the present day /by J. Russell Hind. Hind, John R 1852 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52(038):094
Astronomische Beobachtungen auf der Sternwarte der kèoniglichen rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitèat zu Bonn / angestellt und herausgegeben von Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander Argelander, Fr.-(Friedrich), 1852 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 520.1:094
Description of the transit circle of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Royal Observatory (Greenwich) 1868 • FOLIO • 2 copies available. 520.252 AIR
Naval architecture : a treatise on ship-building and the rig of clippers ... Montagu, Robert, Lord 1852 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.12.014.23
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
The man who discovered Antarctica : Edward Bransfield explained - the first man to find and chart the Antarctic mainland /Sheila Bransfield. "Captain Cook claimed the honour of being the first man to sail into the Antarctic Ocean in 1773, which he then circumnavigated the following year. Cook, though, did not see any land, and he declared that there was no such thing as the Southern Continent. Fifty years later, an Irishman who had been impressed into the Royal Navy at the age of eighteen and risen through the ranks to reach the position of master, proved Cook wrong and discovered and charted parts of the shoreline of Antarctica. He also discovered what is now Elephant Island and Clarence Island, claiming them for the British Crown. Edward Bransfield's varied naval career included taking part in the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816 onboard the 50-gun warship HMS Severn. Then, in 1817, he was posted to the Royal Navy's Pacific Squadron off Valparaâiso in Chile, and it was while serving there that the owner and skipper of an English whaling ship, the Williams, was driven south by adverse winds and discovered what came to be known as the South Shetland Islands where Cook had said there was no land. Bransfield's superior officer, Captain Shirreff, decided to investigate this discovery further. He chartered Williams and sent Bransfield with a Master's Mate, two midshipmen and a ship's surgeon into the Antarctic - and the Irishman sailed into history. Despite his achievements, and many parts of Antarctica and an Antarctic survey vessel being named after him, as well as a Royal Mail commemorative stamp being issued in his name in 2000, the full story of this remarkable man and his historic journey, have never been told - until now. Following decades of research, Sheila Bransfield MA, a member of the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, has produced the definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest maritime explorers. The book has been endorsed by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, whose patron the Princess Royal, has written the Foreword."--Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BRANSFIELD
Vessels in the North Atlantic : copies of communications between the Admiralty and any public authorities at home and abroad, in reference to certain vessels observed on an iceberg in the North Atlantic in 1851, and supposed to have been abandoned Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons 1852 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 342.537
Probable fate of Sir John Franklin and crew : or, the scurvy in the Arctic Seas, and correspondence of Captain W White with the Lords of the Admiralty, and the principal commanding officers of the late Arctic expeditions, on its prevention and cure White, W 1852 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 616.392
Practical illustrations of the necessity for ascertaining the deviations of the compass with explanatory diagrams ... Johnson, Edward J 1852 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.1.053.11
The Arctic whaleman, or winter in the Arctic Ocean : a brief history of whaling /Lewis Holmes. Holmes, Lewis. 1857. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 639.245(98)