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Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband
Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband
Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband

GILL, Isobel Sara.

Six months in Ascension. An unscientific account of a scientific expedition.

London, John Murray, 1880.

£285.00
£285.00

Six months in Ascension.

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Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband, the astronomer David Gill, to determine the distance from the Sun to the Earth.

Second edition. 8vo, liv, 285 pp., 32 pages ads dated September 1888, frontispiece map, diagrams in text, old inscription to to recto of frontispiece, original brown cloth gilt blocked in black to covers, light wear, a few marks to covers, a very good copy.

Robinson, p. 237; Theakstone, bibliography p. 107; Theakstone, Encyclopaedia, p. 166.

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Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband

Six months in Ascension.

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