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Astronomy for the use of schools and academies

Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · 1882 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · 429 pictures

A school astronomy textbook by Joseph Anthony Gillet and William James Rolfe, published in New York by Potter, Ainsworth & Co. in 1882 for secondary students. Diagrams print white on solid black: the earth's orbit ringed with seasons and solstice dates, planetary orbits crossed by comet paths, a sun disc scaled against its planets, and stippled Jupiter with banded cloud belts.

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