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A Night in a Balloon. An Astronomer's Trip from Paris to the Sea in Observation of Leonids

A Night in a Balloon. An Astronomer's Trip from Paris to the Sea in Observation of Leonids by Klumpke, Dorothea

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Title
A Night in a Balloon. An Astronomer's Trip from Paris to the Sea in Observation of Leonids
Author
Klumpke, Dorothea
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York, 1900. First edition. Extracted from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (Volume LX, Number 2), pages 276-284. Disbound but complete; dampstaining to lower third of all pages. This first-hand account of aeronautical astronomical study by a key female scientist is scarce. "Dorothea Klumpke was the first woman to earn a PhD in astronomy -- a feat she accomplished in 1893 at the University of Paris, with a dissertation about the rings of Saturn...She began working at the Paris Observatory in 1887, just as the international all-sky charting project known as the Carte du Ciel was getting underway, and she contributed mightily to that effort" (Linda Hall). The American scientist's French career was a success from the get-go. In 1889, she became the first recipient of the Prix de Dame from the Societie des Astronomique as well as the first woman to become an officer of the Paris Academy of Scientists. Not satisfied there, she broke through yet another glass ceiling in 1891, when she was appointed the first female Director of the Observatory's Bureau of Measurements. Among her peers she was recognized as a keen scientific observer. "Hopes for a brilliant Leonid meteor shower in November of 1899 prompted French astronomers to propose observing the display at altitude, from a hot air balloon. Jules Janssen, director of the Meudon Observatory, chose Klumpke to make the ascent" (Linda Hall). The present account, which appeared in New York one year later, documents Klumpke's first-hand experiences on the Leonid expedition. In addition to her scientific observations, several images and a map of the balloon trajectory, Klumpke reveals her excitement to readers. Skilfully she takes a scientific expedition and transforms it into an accessible journey akin to something from Jules Verne, wherein she and her crew launch into the sky to observe extreme celestial beauty. "Never before had nature seemed so grand to me, so beautiful." A scarce firsthand narrative about aeronautical astronomical study, from a woman who broke through every barrier she could.
1948 Class Book Yale University

1948 Class Book Yale University by Yale University. Class of 1948

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1948 Class Book Yale University
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Yale University. Class of 1948
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Very Good
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New Haven: Yale University, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, photos, 477p. Original blue boards. 28cm. A few ink markings and some minor foxing. No Jacket (presumably as published. George H. W. Bush's biographical sketch appears at page 230. A photo of "Poppy" Bush in baseball uniform appears on page 81.
The reluctant admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy

The reluctant admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy by Agawa, Hiroyuki

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The reluctant admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy
Author
Agawa, Hiroyuki
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN
9780870113550
Condition
Very Good
Description
Kodansha International, 1979. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Dust jacket and book are in very good condition. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Minor foxing to the page edges. 397 pages.
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Best-Loved Stories: Told at the National Storytelling Festival by Yolen, Jane

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Best-Loved Stories: Told at the National Storytelling Festival
Author
Yolen, Jane
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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National Storytelling Press, 1991. Very Good. Yolen, Jane. Best-Loved Stories: Told at the National Storytelling Festival. Jonesborough, Tennesse: National Storytelling Press, 1991. 223pp. Small 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing.

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