Publications of the Lick Observatory - Semi-Centennial Publications - Volume XIII - Studies of the Nebulae

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VERY GOOD; ex-library with the gold seal of University of California on the cover; PART I: Descriptions of 762 Nebulae and Clusters Photographed with the Crossley Reflector - H.D. Curtis; Part II: A Study of Occulting Matter in the Spiral Nebulae - H.D. Curtis; Part III: The Planetary Nebulae - H.D. Curtis; Part IV - The Spectrographic Velocities of the Bright-Line Nebulae - W.W. Campbell and J.H. Moore; Part V - The Radial Velocity of the Greater Megellanic Cloud - R.E. Wilson; Part VI - The Wave-Lengths of the Nebulae Lines and the General Observations of the Spectra of the Gaseous Nebulae - W.H. Wright; contained within are also 50 plates from the Crossley Reflector; pages are clean and unmarked; plates are in excellant condition and the binding is tight; THERE IS EVIDENCE (see p. 79, SMITH, ROBERT - THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE - ASTRONOMY'S GREAT DEBATE 1900-1931) TO SUGGEST THAT CURTIS WAS CHOSEN FOR THE GREAT DEBATE BY HALE AS A RESULT OF THE 3 ARTICLES PRESENTED IN THIS VOLUME BY CURTIS; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. N° de ref. del artículo 000763

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