SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. VOL. I. by Smithsonian Institution - 1862

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862. CONTENTS: Article I: Directions for Meteorological Observations and the Registry of Periodical Phenomena. 1860. Pp. 70. Article II: Psychometrical Table for Determining the Force of Aqueous Vapor and the Relative Humidity of the Atmosphere from Indications of the Wet and the Dry Bulb Thermometer, Fahrenheit. By James H. Coffin. 1856. Pp. 20. Article III: Tables, Meteorological and Physical, Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. By Arnold Guyot. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. 1859. Pp. 634. Marbled boards with leather corners and spine, faded gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed to boards, rubbing and fading to cover faces, joints are rubbed and worn, fading to leather spine. Some foxing spots on page edges. Significant foxing to endpapers and pages near endpapers. Light browning along interior pages, otherwise clean and tight. Book in VG- condition.. Boards. Very Good-. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Smithsonian.