MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aQB229$b.U5 1888-90
110 1 $aUnited States.$bHydrographic Office.
245 00 $aTelegraphic determination of longitudes in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and on the north coast of South America,$bembracing the meridians of Coatzacoalcos; Salina Cruz; La Libertad; San Juan del Sur; St. Nicolas Mole; Port Plata; Santo Domingo; Curaçao; and La Guayra, with the latitudes of the several stations.$cBy Lieutenants J. A. Norris and Charles Laird, U.S.N. To which is appended a report on magnetic observations made at Vera Cruz, Coatzacoalcos; Salina Cruz; Port Plata; Curaçao; and La Guayra. By Lieut. Charles Laird and Ensigns J. H. L. Holcombe and L. M. Garrett, U.S.N. Published by order of Commodore F. M. Ramsay, U.S.N., chief of Bureau of navigation, Navy department.
260 $aWashington,$bGovt. print. off.,$c1891.
300 $a189 p.$b11 plans, tables.$c30 x 23 cm.
490 1 $aIts [Publication]$vno. 97
500 $aOn cover: Telegraphic determinations of longitudes in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and on the north coast of South America. 1888-1889-1890.
500 $aAppendix has half-title: The constants of Kew theodolite magnetometer, no. 54, with the magnetic observations and results of the U.S. telegraphic longitude expeditions of 1888 and 1889, and 1889 and 1890, observed by ... C. Laird and ... J. H. L. Holcombe and L. M. Garrett ... under the command of ... J. A. Norris ... Prepared for publication by G. W. Littlehales ... under the direction of ... Richardson Clover ... hydrographer.
650 0 $aLongitude.
650 0 $aGeographical positions$zAmerica.
650 0 $aGeomagnetism$xObservations.
700 1 $aNorris, J. A.$q(John Alexander),$d1847-1910.
700 1 $aLaird, Charles.
700 1 $aHolcombe, John H. L.
700 1 $aGarrett, Le Roy M.
810 1 $aUnited States.$bHydrographic Office.$t[Publication]$vno. 97.