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Map of the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. With ... the United States and exhibiting the boundary of the British Dominions in North America. According to the treaties of 1842 and 6
Bouchette, Joseph
1853 • OVERSIZE • 1 copy available.
912.44(71)"18"
We are one : the War of 1812: The Battles for St. Michaels, Maryland August 10 & 26, 1813
"Welcome to August 10, 1813, in the little town of St. Michaels, Maryland. On this hot, dark morning the feared British Navy attacked the town of three hundred, defended by local militia. This book tells the story of that attack and a subsequent attempt on August 26. We also look at the life of our citizens at that time and the lasting impact of this war in the Chesapeake Bay."--The preface.
2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.48"1812/1815"(42:73)
The naval and mail steamers of the United States
Stuart, Charles B
1853 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available.
094:629.123.3(73)
The history of the great and mighty Kingdom of China and the situation thereof
Gonzalez de Mendoza, Juan
1853-1854 • BOOK • 2 copies available.
910.4(51)"1550/1580"
The Chronometer's companion : or a compendium of nautical astronomy, comprising methods for finding the latitude by meridian altitudes, by reduction to the meridian and by the changes of the sun's altitude in one minute of time... and the longitude by chronometer
Turnbull, William
1853 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
527
Narrative of a journey round the world
Gerstaecker, F
1853 • BOOK • 3 copies available.
917/919
An elementary treatise on the lunar theory, with a brief sketch of the history of the problem up to the time of Newton / by Hugh Godfray.
Godfray, Hugh.
1853. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
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T & J Harrison: Ships of many trades /Iain McCall
The story of Liverpool shipping company T & J Harrison Ltd founded in 1853 by brothers Thomas and James. The company sold its last shipping interest to P&O Nedlloyd in 2000. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs of the line's later ships.
2016 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
347.792HARRISON
A short history of the royal navy, 1217-1815 / by David Hannay.
Hannay, David,
1898-1909. • BOOK • 6 copies available.
355.49(42)
Privatleistungen auf astronomischem gebiete : ein vortag gehalten bei der feierlichen sitzung der Kaiserlichen akademie der wissenschaften /von Karl v. Littrow
Littrow, Karl Ludwig,
1859. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
5:094
Address of Dr. Lee on the presentation of the medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, to Warren de la Rue, Esq. F.R.S. : 1862, February 14
Royal Astronomical Society
1862 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
5:094
The Arctic dispatches containing an account of the discovery of the North-West Passage : with a narrative of proceedings of HMS Resolute, Capt Kellett, CB, and the dispatches of Capt Sir Edward Belcher, CB, Capt Inglefield, and Commr Pullen
M'Clure, Robert
1853? • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.82Enterprise
A memoir of the late Rev Richard Sheepshanks, MA : (extracted from the "Monthly Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. XVI. No. 4)
1856. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
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Copies of a correspondence between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the subject of the manning of the Royal Navy...
Great Britain. Parliament
1853 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
355.353(42)
A summer search for Sir John Franklin : with a peep into the Polar Basin
Inglefield, E A
1853 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available.
629.123Isabel
Nouveau traite general elementaire, pratique et theorique d'horlogerie pour les usages civils et astronomiques
Moinet, L
1853 • BOOK • 2 copies available.
681.11
Correspondence respecting the Liverpool Observatory, between Mr John Taylor and the Rev R. SHeepshanks.
Sheepshanks, R
1845. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
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Rapport du conseil de la Societe Royale Astronomique de Londres
Gautier, Alfred
1861 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
5:094
Tables du soleil exâecutâees d'apráes les ordres de la Sociâetâe royale des sciences de Copenhague / par P. A. Hansen et C. F. R. Olufsen.
Hansen, P. A.-(Peter Andreas),
1853. • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available.
523.9(083.5):094
Tables of the moon; constructed from Plana's theory, with Airy's and Longstreth's corrections, Hansens's two inequalities of long period arising from the action of Venus, and Hansen's values of the secular variations of the mean motion and of the motion of the perigee
Pierce, Benjamin
1853 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
52-17
Pitcairn : the island, the people, and the pastor ; with a short account of the mutiny of the Bounty /by Thos. Boyles Murray.
Murray, Thomas Boyles.
1853. • BOOK • 2 copies available.
355.133"1789":94(964.1)
Campbeltown Steamboat Company : story of a hundred years - ships and men that have passed
This pamphlet was written to mark the centenary of the Campbeltown Steamboat Company from 1826 to 1926 and aims to give an account of the company over this time, including the ships and men who were part of it. Accompanied by black and white illustrations, it gives details of steamers such as the Duke of Lancaster, the Saint Kiaran, the Gael, the Druid, the Kintyre, the Duke of Cornwall, the Celt, the Kinloch, the Davaar, and the Dalriada. In addition, it lists the original shareholders, company profits from 1827 to 1853, the chairmen of the company and the various captains of the ships, including Captains Napier, Kerr, and McLean.
1927 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
629.123.2(413.8)
Discours de M. Biot : prononce a sa reception a l'academie francaise le 5 fevrier 1857
Biot, M.
1857 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
5:094
Supplement to the correspondence respecting the Liverpool Observatory, between Mr John Taylor and the Rev R. Sheepshanks.
Sheepshanks, R
[1845?]. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
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