Six months in Ascension.
An unscientific account of a scientific expedition.
Stock Code 112525
London, John Murray, 1880
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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.
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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