Author: LENZEN, VICTOR FRITZ
Title: Benjamin Peirce and the U.S. Coast Survey
Description: San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Press, Inc, 1968. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "USCS Benjamin Peirce was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1855 to 1868. The Coast Survey acquired Benjamin Peirce in 1855 and placed her in service along the United States East Coast, where she spent her entire Coast Survey career. She was named for the preeminent American mathematician of the nineteenth century, Benjamin Peirce, who was a friend of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Alexander Dallas Bache, and succeeded Bache as Superintendent in 1867. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

Keywords: Biography Victor Fritz Lenzen U. S. Coast Survey American Scientists Astronomers


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