James Lick's Monument: The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory more books like this

by Helen Wright

This is a remarkable story of the building of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California. Helen Wright's informative account vividly describes the founding of the observatory by the millionaire James Lick, as well as the pioneering role that Captain Richard Floyd played in its eight-year construction. The author details the personalities ...

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Eye on the Sky: Lick Observatory's First Century more books like this

by Dr. Donald E Osterbrock, Shiloh W Unruh, John R Gustafson (Photographer)

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Report to the trustees of the "James Lick trust" of observations made on Mt. Hamilton with reference to the location of Lick observatory more books like this

by S. W. Burnham, James Lick Trust, YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

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