James Lick's Monument - The Saga of Captain Richard Floyd and the Building of the Lick Observatory - Helen Wright - Paperback Bog - Cambridge
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Description
This is a remarkable story of the building of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California. Helen Wright's informative account vividly describes the founding of the observatory by the millionaire James Lick, as well as the pioneering role that Captain Richard Floyd played in its eight-year construction.
