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    <title>manual of spherical and practical astronomy</title>
    <subTitle>embracing the general problems of spherical astronomy, the special applications to nautical astronomy, and the theory and use of fixed and portable astronomical instruments, with an appendix on the method of least squares</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Chauvenet, William</namePart>
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    <publisher>Dover</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1960, [c1891]</dateIssued>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc" point="end">1891</dateIssued>
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    <extent>2 v. 15 pl. (partly fold.) tab., diagr.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>v. 1. Spherical astronomy.--v. 2. Theory and use of astronomical instruments. Method of least squares.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">By William Chauvenet ...</note>
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    <topic>Astronomy, Spherical and practical</topic>
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