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Elements of astronomy ... with explanatory notes, and questions for examination

Brocklesby, John, 1811-1889 · 1855 · New York, Farmer, Brace & co. · 83 pictures

A school astronomy textbook by John Brocklesby, published in New York in 1855 with explanatory notes and examination questions for classroom use. Its wood-engraved figures are white-line diagrams on dense black sky: ringed globes tilted around a rayed sun, labelled with months, zodiac names and cardinal points, useful as ready-made orbital charts, celestial lettering and high-contrast astronomical motifs.

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