Practical Talks by An Astronomer
by Harold Jacoby
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jacoby, Harold, 1865-1932
- Title
- Practical Talks by an Astronomer
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Astronomy
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 53396
- Release Date
- October 29, 2016
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PRACTICAL TALKS BY AN ASTRONOMER
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.NAVIGATION AT SEA
- 6.THE PLEIADES
- 7.THE POLE-STAR
- 8.NEBULÆ
- 9.TEMPORARY STARS
- 10.GALILEO
- 11.THE PLANET OF 1898
- 12.HOW TO MAKE A SUN-DIAL [A] — FOOTNOTE:
- 13.PHOTOGRAPHY IN ASTRONOMY
- 14.TIME STANDARDS OF THE WORLD
- 15.MOTIONS OF THE EARTH'S POLE
- 16.SATURN'S RINGS
- 17.THE HELIOMETER
- 18.OCCULTATIONS
- 19.MOUNTING GREAT TELESCOPES
- 20.THE ASTRONOMER'S POLE
- 21.THE MOON HOAX
- 22.THE SUN'S DESTINATION
- 23.INDEX
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