A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined ..
A school astronomy textbook by Hiram Mattison, published in New York in 1853 for American high-school pupils, covering descriptive, physical, and practical branches. The 138 wood-engraved figures are line diagrams: gridded globes with lettered points, radiating spoke and meridian schemes, tilted orbital ellipses, and hatched shading marking night, all printed on toned paper.
