Half-hours With the Telescope, by Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S
by Richard A. Proctor
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About this eBook
- Author
- Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888
- Title
- Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction.
- Original Publication
- New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1873.
- Credits
- Produced by Jason Isbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Telescopes
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 16767
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16767
- Release Date
- September 28, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.HALF-HOURS WITH THE TELESCOPE — Being a popular guide to the use of the telescope as a means of amusement and instruction. — BY
- 2.Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S., — Author of "Saturn and its System," Etc. — With Illustrations on Stone and Wood.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. — PLATE I. — Frontispiece. — PLATES II. , III. , IV. , and V. , illustrating Chapters II. , III. , IV. , and V. — PLATES VI. and VII. , illustrating Chapters VI. and VII.
- 6.HALF-HOURS WITH THE TELESCOPE.
- 7.CHAPTER I. — A HALF-HOUR ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE TELESCOPE.
- 8.CHAPTER II. — A HALF-HOUR WITH ORION, LEPUS TAURUS, ETC.
- 9.CHAPTER III. — A HALF-HOUR WITH LYRA, HERCULES, CORVUS, CRATER, ETC.
- 10.CHAPTER IV. — A HALF-HOUR WITH BOOTES, SCORPIO, OPHIUCHUS, ETC.
- 11.CHAPTER V. — A HALF-HOUR WITH ANDROMEDA, CYGNUS, ETC.
- 12.CHAPTER VI. — HALF-HOURS WITH THE PLANETS.
- 13.CHAPTER VII. — HALF-HOURS WITH THE SUN AND MOON.
- 14.THE END. — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.LONDON:
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