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Eclipse book.
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Thomas P. Stowell was born to Hezekiah Stowell and Anna Pollard in 1819. Thomas attended Alexandria Boarding School in Alexandria, Virginia. While there he studied mathematics and astronomy before returning to New York where he settled in Rochester and worked as an insurance agent. He died February 28, 1896.
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One handwritten notebook with mathematical equations determining the relative positioning of the sun, moon, and earth, during lunar and solar eclipses. Includes information on lunar eclipses that occurred February 1841; November 1, 1844; March 8, 1849 and solar eclipses on: March 1858, May 1854 and July 18, 1860. Also includes other mathematical problems related to astronomy.
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Purchased in 1981 from Heritage Bookshop.
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December 2018, JB