Problems in Astrophysics

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Author

Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary), 1842-1907

Title

Problems in astrophysics

Original Publication

London: A.&C. Black, 1903.

Credits

Richard Tonsing 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

Astrophysics

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79177

Release Date

July 24, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PROBLEMS IN ASTROPHYSICS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION. RISE AND SCOPE OF ASTROPHYSICS.
6. 6.PART I PROBLEMS IN SOLAR PHYSICS — CHAPTER I. PROGRESS OF SOLAR PHYSICS. — CHAPTER II. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE SUN. — CHAPTER III. PECULIARITIES OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM. — CHAPTER IV. THE REVERSING LAYER. — CHAPTER V. HYDROGEN, HELIUM, AND CORONIUM. — CHAPTER VI. THE PHOTOSPHERE AND ITS DUSKY VEIL. — CHAPTER VII. STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS OF SUN-SPOTS. — CHAPTER VIII. THE SPECTRUM OF SUN-SPOTS. — CHAPTER IX. FACULÆ AND PROMINENCES. — CHAPTER X. THE CHROMOSPHERIC SPECTRUM. — CHAPTER XI. THE CORONA. — CHAPTER XII. THE SUN’S ROTATION. — CHAPTER XIII. THE SOLAR CYCLE. — CHAPTER XIV. THE SUN AS A WHOLE.
7. 7.PART II PROBLEMS IN SIDEREAL PHYSICS. — CHAPTER I. PROGRESS OF SIDEREAL PHYSICS. — CHAPTER II. THE CLASSIFICATION OF STELLAR SPECTRA. — CHAPTER III. HELIUM STARS. — CHAPTER IV. HYDROGEN STARS. — CHAPTER V. SOLAR STARS. — CHAPTER VI. STARS WITH FLUTED SPECTRA. — CHAPTER VII. CARBON STARS. — CHAPTER VIII. STARS WITH FLUTED SPECTRA SHOWING BRIGHT LINES. — CHAPTER IX. HELIUM STARS WITH BRIGHT LINES. — CHAPTER X. WOLF-RAYET STARS. — CHAPTER XI. THE GENERAL QUESTION OF BRIGHT LINES IN STELLAR SPECTRA. — CHAPTER XII. ANOMALOUS AND VARIABLE SPECTRA. — CHAPTER XIII. COLOUR VARIABILITY. — CHAPTER XIV. THE SPECTRA OF DOUBLE STARS. — CHAPTER XV. THE EVOLUTION OF THE STARS. — CHAPTER XVI. ROTATION OF THE STARS. — CHAPTER XVII. SPECTROSCOPIC BINARIES. — CHAPTER XVIII. ECLIPSING STARS. — CHAPTER XIX. SHORT-PERIOD VARIABLES. — CHAPTER XX. SHORT-PERIOD VARIABLES — Continued . — CHAPTER XXI. THE PROBLEM OF BETA LYRÆ. — CHAPTER XXII. STARS VARIABLE IN LONG PERIODS. — CHAPTER XXIII. PECULIAR AND IRREGULAR VARIABLES. — CHAPTER XXIV. TEMPORARY STARS. — CHAPTER XXV. DARK STARS. — CHAPTER XXVI. THE GENERAL QUESTION OF STELLAR VARIABILITY — CHAPTER XXVII. IRREGULAR STAR CLUSTERS. — CHAPTER XXVIII. NEBULOUS CLUSTERS—THE PLEIADES. — CHAPTER XXIX. NEBULOUS CLUSTERS — Continued. — CHAPTER XXX. GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. — CHAPTER XXXI. WHITE NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER XXXII. DOUBLE NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER XXXIII. NEBULOUS STARS. — CHAPTER XXXIV. PLANETARY NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER XXXV. ANNULAR NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ORION NEBULA. — CHAPTER XXXVII. OTHER IRREGULAR NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. NONDESCRIPT NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER XXXIX. VARIABLE NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER XL. THE NATURE OF NEBULÆ. — CHAPTER XLI. THE PHYSICS OF THE MILKY WAY.
8. 8.APPENDIX — TABLE I — TABLE II
9. 9.INDEX

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