Asa Smith's Celestial Charts

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Celestial charts by Asa Smith. From Smith's Illustrated Astronomy, Designed for the Use of the Public or Common Schools in the United States. New York: Cady & Burgess, (1848-) 1853. Ca. 10 x 8. Wood engravings. Some with hand highlighting. Very good condition.

A series of celestial illustrations from Asa Smith's Illustrated Astronomy. Written by the principal of Public School No. 12 in New York City, this work was aimed at school students. Smith stated is goal as "to present all the distinguishing principles in physical Astronomy with as few words as possible," and his text was presented in fifty separate lessons with a series of questions and answers. The handsome charts of the planets and stars are printed predominantly in black, which makes the images as similar as possible to what one would actually see in the night skies. A striking series of instructive astronomical illustrations from the mid nineteenth century.

Pl. 6. Solar System with illustration of students viewing an orrery. Repaired tear across image. $45
Solar System $75
Forces and ellipticals $65
Sun spots, etc. $65
Signs of the Zodiac. $85
Mercury & Venus $75
Definitions illustrated on earth $75
The Seasons NA
Mars & Jupiter $75
Saturn $85
Uranus & Neptune $75
Phases of the Moon. NA
Telescopic View of the New Moon $65
Telescopic View of the Full Moon Repaired tear into image left hand side. NA
Telescopic View of the Moon Past the Last Quadrature $65
Eclipses of the Sun $65
Moon's Nodes, Eclipses &c. $65
Greatest Number of Eclipses in One Year $70
Tides NA
Orbits of the Planets NA
Refraction, Parallax, Light & Heat $60
Terrestrial & Celestial Globes $75
Binary or Double Stars $50
Nebulae or Clusters of Stars $50
Visible Heavens From January 21st to April 17th $70
Visible Heavens From April 18th to July 21st NA
Visible Heavens From July 22nd to October 31st $70
Visible Heavens From November 1st to Jan 20th $70
The Largest Telescopes in the World. $65

German edition, ca. 1850

Asa Smith. From Der Bau des Himmels, oder anschaulichste Darstellung des Weltsystems in Bildern. Für Schulen und für Freunde der Astronomie. Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, ca. 1850. Lithographs by Halder & Cronberger, Stuttgart. Ca. 9 3/4 x 8. Very good condition.

A German edition of Asa Smith's famous celestial atlas, "The structure of the sky, or most descriptive representation of the world system in pictures. For students and friends of Astonomy." Titles given are from English edition for same images.

7. The Seasons $55
17. Greatest Number of Eclipses In One Year $55

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