Record Theory of the winds / by Captain Charles Wilkes ... ; read before the American Scientific Association at Providence, August 20th, 1855 ; accompanied by a map of the world, showing the extent and direction of the winds ; to which is added Sailing directions for a voyage around the world by the same author | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

Theory of the winds / by Captain Charles Wilkes ... ; read before the American Scientific Association at Providence, August 20th, 1855 ; accompanied by a map of the world, showing the extent and direction of the winds ; to which is added Sailing directions for a voyage around the world by the same author

Author:: Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Search this; Wilkes, Charles 1798-1877 Sailing directions for a voyage around the world Search this; American Scientific Association Search this

Physical description:: iv, [3], 8-116 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., map ; 26 cm

Notes:: Includes: Sailing directions, p. [45]-116.; "The theory of the winds," which is now for the first time published, has been prepared for several years and is printed in the Hydrography, being the XVIIth volume of the government edition of the United States Exploring Expedition--Introd.; Map signed: Drawn by F.D. Stuart. Engraved by W.H. Dougal.