Astronomy

About this eBook

Author

Gore, J. Ellard (John Ellard), 1845-1910

Original Publication

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Astronomy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77516

Release Date

December 21, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ASTRONOMY
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.SECTION I.—HISTORY. — CHAPTER I. FROM HIPPARCHUS TO LAPLACE. — CHAPTER II. A CENTURY OF PROGRESS.
6. 6.SECTION II.—GEOMETRICAL ASTRONOMY AND ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS. — CHAPTER I. THE EARTH AND ITS ROTATION. — CHAPTER II. THE EARTH’S REVOLUTION ROUND THE SUN. — CHAPTER III. HOW THE POSITIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES ARE DEFINED. — CHAPTER IV. THE EARTH’S ORBIT. — CHAPTER V. MEAN SOLAR TIME. — CHAPTER VI. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE MOON. — CHAPTER VII. MOVEMENTS OF PLANETS, SATELLITES, AND COMETS. — CHAPTER VIII. ECLIPSES AND OCCULTATIONS. — CHAPTER IX. HOW TO FIND OUR SITUATION ON THE EARTH. — CHAPTER X. THE EXACT SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE EARTH. — CHAPTER XI. THE DISTANCES AND DIMENSIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES. — CHAPTER XII. THE MASSES OF CELESTIAL BODIES. — CHAPTER XIII. GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS OF SUN AND MOON UPON THE EARTH. — CHAPTER XIV. INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENT OF ANGLES AND TIME. — CHAPTER XV. TELESCOPES. — CHAPTER XVI. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION. — CHAPTER XVII. ASTROPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
7. 7.SECTION III.—THE SOLAR SYSTEM. — CHAPTER I. THE SOLAR SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. — CHAPTER II. THE SUN. — CHAPTER III. THE SUN’S SURROUNDINGS. — CHAPTER IV. THE INTERIOR PLANETS. — CHAPTER V. THE EARTH AND MOON. — CHAPTER VI. THE PLANET MARS. — CHAPTER VII. THE ASTEROIDS. — CHAPTER VIII. THE PLANET JUPITER. — CHAPTER IX. THE SATURNIAN SYSTEM. — CHAPTER X. URANUS AND NEPTUNE. — CHAPTER XI. FAMOUS COMETS. — CHAPTER XII. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF COMETS. — CHAPTER XIII. METEORITES AND SHOOTING STARS.
8. 8.SECTION IV.—THE SIDEREAL HEAVENS. — CHAPTER I. THE STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS. — CHAPTER II. DOUBLE, MULTIPLE, AND COLOURED STARS. — CHAPTER III. THE DISTANCES AND MOTIONS OF THE STARS. — CHAPTER IV. BINARY STARS. — CHAPTER V. VARIABLE AND TEMPORARY STARS. — CHAPTER VI. CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER VII. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAVENS.
9. 9.INDEX

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