History of Astronomy

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Author

Forbes, George, 1849-1936

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Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Dave Maddock, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Astronomy -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

8172

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8172

Release Date

May 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY — BY — GEORGE FORBES, M.A., F.R.S., M. INST. C. E., — CONTENTS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.BOOK I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD
4. 4.1. PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY.
5. 5.2. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY—THE CHINESE AND CHALDÆANS.
6. 6.3. ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY.
7. 7.4. THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES—FROM PTOLEMY TO COPERNICUS.
8. 8.BOOK II. THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD
9. 9.5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM—TYCHO BRAHE—KEPLER.
10. 10.6. GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPE—NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS, ETC.
11. 11.7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON—LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION.
12. 12.8. NEWTON’S SUCCESSORS—HALLEY, EULER, LAGRANGE, LAPLACE, ETC.
13. 13.9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS—HERSCHEL, PIAZZI, ADAMS, AND LE VERRIER.
14. 14.BOOK III. OBSERVATION
15. 15.10. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION—STATE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
16. 16.11. HISTORY OF THE TELESCOPE — SPECTROSCOPE.
17. 17.BOOK IV. THE PHYSICAL PERIOD
18. 18.12. THE SUN.
19. 19.13. THE MOON AND PLANETS.
20. 20.14. COMETS AND METEORS.
21. 21.15. THE FIXED STARS AND NEBULÆ.
22. 22.ILLUSTRATIONS
23. 23.INDEX

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