SMYTH, C. PIAZZI.

Astronomical Experiment on the Peak of Teneriffe, carried out under the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Received June 2, - Read June 18, 1857.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1859). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1858 - Vol. 148 - Part II. Pp. 465-533 and 10 lithographed plates (map, Peak of T., views, Jupiter, Spectra etc.).

First printing of this report.

"In 1856 Smyth led an expedition to the Peak of tenerife, primarely "to ascertain how much astronomical observation can be benefited by eliminating the lower third or fourth part of the atmosphere"...Financial support for this experiment was given by the British Admiralty, and moral support by the entire British scientific community. I addition to telescopic observations of planets and stars, Smyth measured the radiant heat of the moon; observed the solar spectrum and noted the lines of absorption were of terrestrial origin; and made various other observations of the meteorology, geology, and botany of the island."(DSB XII, p. 498-99).

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