| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNISA996394989503316 |
|
|
Autore |
W. P |
|
|
Titolo |
The use of a mathematical instrument, called a quadrant [[electronic resource] ] : Shewing very plainly and easily to know the exact height or distance of any steeple, tree, or house, &c. Also to know the hour of the day by it: the height of the sun, moon, or stars: and to know the time of sun-rising, and setting; and the length of every day in the year: the place of the sun in the ecliptick: the azimuth, right ascension, and declination of the sun. With many other necessary and delightful conclusions. Performed very readily. Written by [W.P.] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
[London], : The quadrants and these books, are to be sold by Joseph Moxon, at his shop in Corn-hill at the sign of Atlas, in London, 1655 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
[4], 38 p. : ill. (woodcut) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Quadrant |
Astronomy |
Astronomical instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
To the reader signed: W.P. |
The author's initials on title page have faded or failed to print. |
Imperfect; title page faded; tightly bound with some loss of text. |
Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910967361303321 |
|
|
Titolo |
Immigration / / edited by Ilan Stavans |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2008 |
|
New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
9798400668661 |
9786612341083 |
9781282341081 |
1282341081 |
9780313348037 |
0313348030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (217 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Ilan Stavans library of Latino civilization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Hispanic Americans |
Hispanic Americans - Social conditions |
Immigrants - United States |
Latin America Emigration and immigration |
United States Emigration and immigration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; I: CONSIDERATIONS; II: VOICES; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Immigration is a topic on the minds of a large portion of Americans. In 2006, a series of large marches and political debates shook the nation to the core. With the 2008 presidential campaign under way, the controversy is alive and well. However, it is essential to approach it in an informed, balanced fashion, and the material presented in this volume is designed to accomplish the task. To what extent are immigrants from Mexico and Central America different from their predecessors from say Italy, Poland, and Finland? Is the process of assimilation expected to be as successful today as it was a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |