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1. History and description of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College

Creator/Contributor:
Bond, William Cranch, 1789-1859, creator
Creation Date:
1856
Subjects:
Harvard College Observatory.
Harvard College Observatory--History
Astronomical observatories--Massachusetts--Cambridge
Astronomy--Observations

2. The catalogues of Ptolemy, Ulugh Beigh, Tycho Brahé, Halley, Hevelius: deduced from the best authorities, with various notes and corrections, and a preface to each catalogue, to which is added the synonym of each star, in the catalogues of Flamsteed or Lacaille, as far as the same can be ascertained

Creator/Contributor:
Baily, Francis, 1774-1844, creator
Creation Date:
1843?]
1843
Subjects:
Stars--Catalogs

3. Milton's astronomy: the astronomy of "Paradise lost"

Creator/Contributor:
Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel., creator
Creation Date:
1913
Subjects:
Milton, John--Knowledge--Astronomy
Milton, John--Paradise lost
Astronomy--History--17th century

4. Modern cosmogonies

Creator/Contributor:
Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary), 1842-1907, creator
Creation Date:
1905
Subjects:
Cosmogony

5. History of physical astronomy: from the earliest ages to the middle of the 19th century : comprehending a detailed account of the establishment of the theory of gravitation by Newton, and its development by his successors : with an exposition of the progress of research on all the other subjects of celestial physics

Creator/Contributor:
Grant, Robert, 1814-1892, creator
Creation Date:
1852
Subjects:
Astronomy--History

6. The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52: United States Naval Astronomical Expedition to the southern hemisphere, during the years 1849-'50-'51-'52

Creator/Contributor:
United States Naval Astronomical Expedition (1849-1852), creator
Gilliss, J. M. (James Melville), 1811-1865
MacRae, Archibald, 1820-1855
Creation Date:
1855-1856
Subjects:
United States Naval Astronomical Expedition (1849-1852)
Scientific expeditions--Southern Hemisphere
Scientific expeditions--South America
Scientific expeditions
Southern Hemisphere--Description and travel
South America--Description and travel

7. Bouvier's familiar astronomy, or, An introduction to the study of the heavens: Bouvier's familiar astronomy: Introduction to the study of the heavens: illustrated by celestial maps, and upwards of 200 finely executed engravings, to which is added a treatise on the globes, and a comprehensive astronomical dictionary : for the use of schools, families, and private students

Creator/Contributor:
Bouvier, Hannah M. (Hannah Mary), 1811-1870, creator
Creation Date:
1857
Subjects:
Astronomy
Celestial globes

8. Tychonis Brahei et ad eum doctorum virorum epistolae: ab anno 1568 ad annum 1587

Creator/Contributor:
Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601, creator
Friis, F. R. (Frederik Reinholdt), 1836-1910
Creation Date:
1876-1886
Subjects:
Brahe, Tycho--Correspondence
Astronomers--Denmark--Correspondence

9. An explanation of the gnomonic projection of the sphere and of such points of astronomy as are most necessary in the use of astronomical maps: being a description of the construction and use of the larger and smaller maps of the stars, as also of the six maps of the earth

Creator/Contributor:
De Morgan, Augustus, 1806-1871, creator
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Creation Date:
1836
Subjects:
Stars--Atlases
Astronomy--Observers' manuals
Map projection

10. On the construction of a silvered glass telescope, fifteen and a half inches in aperture, and its uses in celestial photography

Creator/Contributor:
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882, creator
Creation Date:
1864
Subjects:
Reflecting telescopes--Design and construction
Astronomical photography

11. Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica: Astronomiae instauratae mechanica: Wandersburgi, anno MDIIC : in memoriam reformatoris astronomiae practicae inclitissimi CCC abhinc annos cdefuncti hoc opus ejus celeberrimum ad fidem editionis principis edendum

Creator/Contributor:
Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601, creator
Hasselberg, B. (Bernhard), 1848-1922
Hasselberg, B. (Bernhard), 1848-1922, editor.
Creation Date:
1901
Subjects:
Astronomical instruments--Early works to 1800

12. Della specola astronomica de' regj studj di Palermo, [1] only

Creator/Contributor:
Piazzi, Giuseppe, 1746-1826, creator
Creation Date:
1792-1794
Subjects:
Astronomy--Early works to 1800

13. Visual observations of the moon and planets

Creator/Contributor:
Pickering, William H. (William Henry), 1858-, creator
Creation Date:
1900
Subjects:
Planets--Observations
Lunar eclipses
Comets--1892
Double stars
Moon--Surface

14. Observations upon the great nebula of Orion

Creator/Contributor:
Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865, creator
Safford, Truman Henry, 1836-1901
Creation Date:
1867
Subjects:
Nebulae
Orion Nebula--Observations

15. Investigations in astronomical photography

Creator/Contributor:
Pickering, William H. (William Henry), 1858-, creator
Creation Date:
1895
Subjects:
Astronomical photography

16. A catalogue of 1520 bright stars

Creator/Contributor:
Harvard College Observatory
Creation Date:
1903
Subjects:
Stars--Catalogs
Stars, Brightest--Catalogs

17. A catalogue of 7922 southern stars observed with the meridian photometer during the years 1889-91

Creator/Contributor:
Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1895
Subjects:
Stars--Catalogs
Stars--Magnitudes

18. Observations of circumpolar variable stars during the years 1889-1899

Creator/Contributor:
Wendell, Oliver C. (Oliver Clinton), 1845-1912, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1900
Subjects:
Variable stars

19. A photographic study of variable stars forming a part of the Henry Draper memorial

Creator/Contributor:
Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens, 1857-1911, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens
Harvard College Observatory.
Variable stars
Women astronomers
Astonomy--Research--Massachusetts--Cambridge

20. Spectra of bright stars: photographed with the 11-inch Draper telescope as a part of the Henry Draper Memorial

Creator/Contributor:
Maury, Antonia C. (Antonia Coetana de Paiva Pereira), 1866-, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1897
Subjects:
Stars--Spectra
Stars--Catalogs
Stars--Classification

21. Observations of fifty-eight variable stars of long period during the years 1890-1901

Creator/Contributor:
Wendell, Oliver C. (Oliver Clinton), 1845-1912, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1902
Subjects:
Variable stars

22. Observations of seventy-five variable stars of long period during the years 1902-1905: Observations of 75 variable stars of long period during the years 1902-1905

Creator/Contributor:
Campbell, Leon, 1881-1951, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
Variable stars

23. Comparison stars for 252 variables of long period

Creator/Contributor:
Campbell, Leon, 1881-1951, creator
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Variable stars
Stars--Observations

24. Second catalogue of variable stars

Creator/Contributor:
Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
Variable stars

25. Observations with the meridian photometer during the years 1899-1902

Creator/Contributor:
Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1903
Subjects:
Stars--Magnitudes
Stars--Catalogs

26. A discussion of variable stars in the cluster [omega] Centauri

Creator/Contributor:
Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-, creator
Leland, Eva F.
Creation Date:
1902
Subjects:
Variable stars
Stars--Clusters

27. Maxima and minima of variable stars of long period

Creator/Contributor:
Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1909
Subjects:
Variable stars

28. Spectra and photographic magnitudes of stars in standard regions: Miscellaneous observations relating to photographic magnitudes

Creator/Contributor:
Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens, 1857-1911, creator
Creation Date:
1917]
1917
Subjects:
Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens
Harvard College Observatory.
Stars--Spectra
Stars--Magnitudes
Women astronomers
Astonomy--Research--Massachusetts--Cambridge

29. Durchmusterung zones observed with the twelve inch meridian photometer

Creator/Contributor:
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919, creator
Creation Date:
1909
Subjects:
Stars--Observations

30. Variable stars in the cluster Messier 3

Creator/Contributor:
Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1913
Subjects:
Variable stars
Stars--Clusters

31. Variable stars in the cluster Messier 5

Creator/Contributor:
Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1917
Subjects:
Variable stars
Stars--Clusters

32. Researches of the Boyden Department

Creator/Contributor:
Pickering, William H. (William Henry), 1858-, creator
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Atmospheric transparency
Astronomical photometry
Saturn (Planet)--Satellites
Moon--Surface

33. Comparison stars for 279 variables

Creator/Contributor:
Campbell, Leon, 1881-1951, creator
Creation Date:
1913
Subjects:
Variable stars
Stars--Observations

34. Peruvian meteorology

Creator/Contributor:
Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1899-1908
Subjects:
Meteorology--Peru
Misti Volcano (Peru)
Andes

35. A provisional catalogue of variable stars

Creator/Contributor:
Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941, creator
Harvard College Observatory
Creation Date:
1903
Subjects:
Variable stars--Catalogs

36. A catalogue of bright clusters and nebulae: Miscellaneous researches made during the years 1906-1908

Creator/Contributor:
Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-, creator
Creation Date:
1908
Subjects:
Nebulae--Catalogs
Stars--Clusters--Catalogs

37. Observations of three hundred and twenty-three variable stars during the years 1911-1916: Observations of 323 variable stars during the years 1911-1916

Creator/Contributor:
Campbell, Leon, 1881-1951, creator
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
Creation Date:
1918
Subjects:
Variable stars
Stars--Observations

38. Compilation of the papers on physics written by Professor Edward C. Pickering, 1865-1877

Creator/Contributor:
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919, creator
Creation Date:
1877
Subjects:
Physics

39. Star atlas: containing stars visible to the naked eye and clusters, nebulæ and double stars visible in small telescopes : together with variable stars, red stars, characteristic star groups, ancient constellation figures and an explanatory text

Creator/Contributor:
Upton, Winslow, 1853-1914, creator
Creation Date:
1896
Subjects:
Stars--Atlases

40. Recueil de mémoires

Creator/Contributor:
Struve, F. G. W. (Friedrich Georg Wilhelm), 1793-1864
Struve, Otto, 1819-1905
Glavnai͡a astronomicheskai͡a observatorii͡a (Pulkovo, Russia)
Creation Date:
1853-1859
Subjects:
Astronomy
Astronomy--Tables

41. Sammlung astronomischer Tafeln

Creator/Contributor:
Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin
Creation Date:
1776
Subjects:
Astronomy--Tables

42. Memoir and correspondence of Caroline Herschel

Creator/Contributor:
Herschel, John, Mrs, -1876, creator
Creation Date:
1876
Subjects:
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Astronomers--Great Britain--Biography
Women astronomers--Great Britain--Biography

43. Histoire de l'astronomie moderne

Creator/Contributor:
Delambre, J. B. J. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), 1749-1822, creator
Creation Date:
1821
Subjects:
Astronomy--History
Astronomy, Medieval

44. Agnes Mary Clerke, and Ellen Mary Clerke: an appreciation

Creator/Contributor:
Huggins, Lady, -1915, creator
Clerke, Aubrey St. John.
Creation Date:
1907
Subjects:
Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
Clerke, Ellen Mary
Astronomers--Ireland--Biography
Women astronomers--Ireland--Biography

45. The system of the world

Creator/Contributor:
Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827, creator
Pond, John, 1767-1836
Creation Date:
1809
Subjects:
Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Celestial mechanics--Early works to 1800

46. The Royal Observatory Greenwich: a glance at its history and work

Creator/Contributor:
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928, creator
Creation Date:
1900
Subjects:
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Astronomy--History

47. Essays in astronomy

Creator/Contributor:
Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913
Creation Date:
1900
Subjects:
Astronomy

48. Die Photographie der Gestirne: Atlas zu "Die Photographie der Gestirne."

Creator/Contributor:
Scheiner, J. (Julius), 1858-1913, creator
Creation Date:
1897
Subjects:
Astronomical photography

49. The solar system: six lectures delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December, 1902

Creator/Contributor:
Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916, creator
Creation Date:
1903
Subjects:
Nebular hypothesis
Solar system

50. Account of observations of the transit of Venus, 1874, December 8, made under the authority of the British government, and of the reduction of the observations: Transit of Venus, 1874: British observations

Creator/Contributor:
Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801-1892, creator
Tupman, George Lyon, 1838-1922
Browne, Charles Orde, -1900
Neate, Charles Burnaby.
Perry, Stephen Joseph, 1833-1889
Palmer, H. Spencer (Henry Spencer), 1838-1893
Great Britain, Treasury.
Creation Date:
1881
Subjects:
Venus (Planet)--Transit--1874
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