Letters on Astronomy

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Author

Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859

Title

Letters on Astronomy in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers

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Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Astronomy

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40240

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40240

Release Date

July 15, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LETTERS ON ASTRONOMY, IN WHICH THE ELEMENTS OF THE SCIENCE ARE
2. 2.By DENISON OLMSTED, LL.D. , — Revised Edition. — NEW YORK: — HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
3. 3.ADVERTISEMENT — TO THE — REVISED EDITION.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LETTER I. — INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.
6. 6.LETTER II. — DOCTRINE OF THE SPHERE.
7. 7.LETTER III. — ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS.——TELESCOPE.
8. 8.LETTER IV — TELESCOPE CONTINUED.
9. 9.LETTER V. — OBSERVATORIES.
10. 10.LETTER VI. — TIME AND THE CALENDAR.
11. 11.LETTER VII. — FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
12. 12.LETTER VIII. — DIURNAL REVOLUTIONS.
13. 13.LETTER IX. — PARALLAX AND REFRACTION.
14. 14.LETTER X. — THE SUN.
15. 15.LETTER XI. — ANNUAL REVOLUTION.—SEASONS
16. 16.LETTER XII. — LAWS OF MOTION.
17. 17.LETTER XIII. — TERRESTRIAL GRAVITY.
18. 18.LETTER XIV. — SIR ISAAC NEWTON.—UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION.—FIGURE OF — THE EARTH'S ORBIT.—PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES.
19. 19.LETTER XV. — THE MOON.
20. 20.LETTER XVI. — THE MOON.—PHASES.—HARVEST MOON.—LIBRATIONS.
21. 21.LETTER XVII. — MOON'S ORBIT.—HER IRREGULARITIES.
22. 22.LETTER XVIII. — ECLIPSES.
23. 23.LETTER XIX. — LONGITUDE.—TIDES.
24. 24.LETTER XX. — PLANETS.—MERCURY AND VENUS.
25. 25.LETTER XXI. — SUPERIOR PLANETS: MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, AND URANUS.
26. 26.LETTER XXII. — COPERNICUS.—GALILEO.
27. 27.LETTER XXIII. — SATURN.—URANUS.—ASTEROIDS.
28. 28.LETTER XXIV. — THE PLANETARY MOTIONS.——KEPLER'S LAWS.——KEPLER.
29. 29.LETTER XXV. — COMETS.
30. 30.LETTER XXVI. — COMETS, CONTINUED.
31. 31.LETTER XXVII. — METEORIC SHOWERS.
32. 32.LETTER XXVIII. — FIXED STARS.
33. 33.LETTER XXIX. — FIXED STARS CONTINUED.
34. 34.LETTER XXX. — SYSTEM OF THE WORLD
35. 35.LETTER XXXI. — NATURAL THEOLOGY.
36. 36.LETTER XXXII. — RECENT DISCOVERIES.
37. 37.INDEX.
38. 38.RECENT DISCOVERIES. — FOOTNOTES:
39. 39.Transcriber's Notes

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