Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies

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Author

Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939

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English

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QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Astronomy

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39142

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39142

Release Date

March 15, 2012

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ASTRONOMY
2. 2.DAVID TODD
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER I ASTRONOMY A LIVING SCIENCE
7. 7.CHAPTER II THE FIRST ASTRONOMERS
8. 8.CHAPTER III PYRAMID, TOMB, AND TEMPLE
9. 9.CHAPTER IV ORIGIN OF GREEK ASTRONOMY
10. 10.CHAPTER V MEASURING THE EARTH—ERATOSTHENES
11. 11.CHAPTER VI PTOLEMY AND HIS GREAT BOOK
12. 12.CHAPTER VII ASTRONOMY OF THE MIDDLE AGES
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII COPERNICUS AND THE NEW ERA
14. 14.CHAPTER IX TYCHO, THE GREAT OBSERVER
15. 15.CHAPTER X KEPLER, THE GREAT CALCULATOR
16. 16.CHAPTER XI GALILEO, THE GREAT EXPERIMENTER
17. 17.CHAPTER XII AFTER THE GREAT MASTERS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII NEWTON AND MOTION
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV NEWTON AND GRAVITATION
20. 20.CHAPTER XV AFTER NEWTON
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI HALLEY AND HIS COMET
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII BRADLEY AND ABERRATION
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII THE TELESCOPE
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX REFLECTORS—MIRROR TELESCOPES
25. 25.CHAPTER XX THE STORY OF THE SPECTROSCOPE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI THE STORY OF ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORIES
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII THE PROGRAM OF A GREAT OBSERVATORY
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV THE SUN AND OBSERVING IT
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI SUN SPOTS AND PROMINENCES
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII THE INNER PLANETS — VULCAN — MERCURY — VENUS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII THE MOON AND HER SURFACE
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX ECLIPSES OF THE MOON
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX TOTAL ECLIPSES OF THE SUN
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI THE SOLAR CORONA
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII THE RUDDY PLANET
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII THE CANALS OF MARS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV LIFE IN OTHER WORLDS
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV THE LITTLE PLANETS
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI THE GIANT PLANET
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII THE RINGED PLANET
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII THE FARTHEST PLANETS — NEPTUNE
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN PLANET
45. 45.CHAPTER XL COMETS—THE HAIRY STARS
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI WHERE DO COMETS COME FROM?
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS
48. 48.RADIANT POINT
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIII METEORITES
50. 50.CHAPTER XLIV THE UNIVERSE OF STARS
51. 51.CHAPTER XLV STAR CHARTS AND CATALOGUES
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVI THE SUN'S MOTION TOWARD LYRA
53. 53.CHAPTER XLVII STARS AND THEIR SPECTRAL TYPE
54. 54.CHAPTER XLVIII STAR DISTANCES
55. 55.CHAPTER XLIX THE NEAREST STARS
56. 56.CHAPTER L ACTUAL DIMENSIONS OF THE STARS
57. 57.CHAPTER LI THE VARIABLE STARS
58. 58.CHAPTER LII THE NOVÆ, OR NEW STARS
59. 59.CHAPTER LIII THE DOUBLE STARS
60. 60.CHAPTER LIV THE STAR CLUSTERS
61. 61.CHAPTER LV MOVING CLUSTERS
62. 62.CHAPTER LVI THE TWO STAR STREAMS
63. 63.CHAPTER LVII THE GALAXY OR MILKY WAY
64. 64.STAR CLOUDS AND NEBULÆ
65. 65.THE SPIRAL NEBULÆ
66. 66.CHAPTER LX COSMOGONY
67. 67.CHAPTER LXI COSMOGONY IN TRANSITION
68. 68.Transcriber's Notes:

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