In this astronomical chart Gibbes provides a diagram and the elements for constructing the diagram. Those elements are hourly motion, declination, hourly motion in declination, horizontal parallax and semidiameter. Gibbes also provides the result times of the eclipse including the beginning, total, opposition, middle, end of total, general and duration of eclipse.
Copy of legal proceedings from G.M. Trenholm to James B. Heyward. The proceedings were brought by Colleton County, SC, residents against the Green Pond, Walterboro and Branchville Railway Company and certain county officials. The plaintiffs argue that a ballot authorizing the county government to subscribe to stock in the Railway was irregular and that the "railroad tax" authorized by the ballot to pay for the stock is unlawful. Among several irregularities cited by the plaintiffs is the appearance of non property owners on the petition that allowed the ballot. 40p.
Legal release from William Henry Heyward & Esther Heyward to James B. Heyward. This document grants the title and rights to certain properties of Esther Heyward to James B. Heyward in exchange for property bequeathed to William and Esther by their grandfather. This document is apparently a renewal of an earlier release signed by all parties that was lost during the war. 5p. June 18, 1884.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1884. The yearbook opens with an address from Mayor Courtenay followed by reports from various departments and an appendix.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Caricature by Frederick Burr Opper published in the November 19, 1884, edition of Puck. The caption reads : "Probable effect of this announcement upon timid people who think they resemble him."
Color maps of ancient and modern Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature by William Smith, published Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company.
Color lithograph including depictions of Jewish men, women, and children from Algiers. Lithograph by Friedrich Hottenroth. Printed Stuttgart: M. Seeger. From Trachten, Haus-, Feld- und Kriegsgeräthschaften der Völker alter und neuer Zeit, Volume 1, by Friedrich Hottenroth, published Stuttgart: Gustav Weise.
