![]() He led solar eclipse expeditions and studied craters on the Moon and as an interesting side note, early predicted the existence of Pluto, which would not be confirmed until 1930. He was an outstanding astronomer with the Harvard College Observatory. Pickering's atlas was a standard reference for many years. FIRST EDITION AND A WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE MOON. A very good copy, light evidence of use or age, the text very clean and fresh, the off-white lettering rubbed out on the spine panel, the lettering to the upper cover in fine condition. 4to, original navy-blue cloth lettered on the upper cover and spine in white, the upper cover with a photographic pastedown of the moon at center within an off-white double lined panel at the borders. Extensively illustrated, both throughout the text and on plates, including the atlas of the lunar surface made with telescopic photography. Visit our website to see more images!.įirst edition. Pickering's atlas (which was also issued as part of the Annals of the Harvard Observatory) may not be as physically impressive as its competitors, but it was much more useful for the lunar observer, and it established the standards which most later atlases would follow" (Ashworth). The photographs were taken in 1901 in Jamaica especially for this atlas. All the plates were to be at the same scale, and the same size as the original negatives. Pickering decided to produce a systematic, affordable atlas, with every feature covered five times, under different angles of illumination. "When Pickering began his work, three photographic atlases had been attempted, and all had encountered difficulties or criticism: the Lick atlas had been discontinued the Paris atlas had no orderly arrangement or consistent scale the Weineck atlas was too expensive. Ashworth, The face of the moon, Linda Hall 32 (US American edition) ? FIRST EDITION, Published in New York and London at the same time. Text and plates clean and little age toned only, insect damage to rear endpaper not affecting text. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board, top edge gilt, pages uncut (cloth a little rubbed and with stains at front board, corners bumped and scuffed). viii,, 103 pp., 100 plates including the frontispiece, half-tone plates and illustrations.
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