Stargazing: Past and Present

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Author

Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow 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

Telescopes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53172

Release Date

September 30, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.STARGAZING: PAST AND PRESENT.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.BOOK I. THE PRE-TELESCOPIC AGE. — CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF STARGAZING. — CHAPTER II. THE FIRST INSTRUMENTS. — CHAPTER III. HIPPARCHUS AND PTOLEMY. — CHAPTER IV. TYCHO BRAHE.
6. 6.BOOK II. THE TELESCOPE. — CHAPTER V. THE REFRACTION OF LIGHT. — CHAPTER VI. THE REFRACTOR. — CHAPTER VII. THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT. — CHAPTER VIII. THE REFLECTOR. — CHAPTER IX. EYEPIECES. — CHAPTER X. PRODUCTION OF LENSES AND SPECULA. — CHAPTER XI. THE “OPTICK TUBE.” — CHAPTER XII. THE MODERN TELESCOPE.
7. 7.BOOK III. TIME AND SPACE MEASURERS. — CHAPTER XIII. THE CLOCK AND CHRONOMETER. — I. The Rise and Progress of Time-keeping. — II. The Pendulum. — III. Escapements. — IV. The Chronometer. — CHAPTER XIV. CIRCLE READING. — CHAPTER XV. THE MICROMETER. — THE WIRE MICROMETER. — THE HELIOMETER. — THE DOUBLE-IMAGE MICROMETER.
8. 8.BOOK IV. MODERN MERIDIONAL OBSERVATIONS. — CHAPTER XVI. THE TRANSIT CIRCLE. — THE TRANSIT CIRCLE. — CHAPTER XVII. THE TRANSIT CLOCK AND CHRONOGRAPH. — CHAPTER XVIII. “GREENWICH TIME” AND THE USE MADE OF IT. — CHAPTER XIX. OTHER INSTRUMENTS USED IN ASTRONOMY OF PRECISION.
9. 9.BOOK V. THE EQUATORIAL. — CHAPTER XX. VARIOUS METHODS OF MOUNTING LARGE TELESCOPES. — The German Mounting. — The English Mounting. — The Forked Mounting. — The Composite Mounting. — The Driving Clock. — THE LAMP. — CHAPTER XXI. THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE EQUATORIAL. — CHAPTER XXII. THE EQUATORIAL OBSERVATORY. — CHAPTER XXIII. THE SIDEROSTAT. — CHAPTER XXIV. THE ORDINARY WORK OF THE EQUATORIAL. — TEMPLE OBSERVATORY.
10. 10.BOOK VI. ASTRONOMICAL PHYSICS. — CHAPTER XXV. THE GENERAL FIELD OF PHYSICAL INQUIRY. — CHAPTER XXVI. DETERMINATION OF THE LIGHT AND HEAT OF THE STARS. — CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE STARS: CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPECTROSCOPE. — CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE STARS (CONTINUED): PRINCIPLES OF SPECTRUM ANALYSIS. — CHAPTER XXIX. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE STARS (CONTINUED): THE TELESPECTROSCOPE. — CHAPTER XXX. THE TELEPOLARISCOPE. — CHAPTER XXXI. CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.—THE WAYS AND MEANS. — CHAPTER XXXII. CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (CONTINUED).—SOME RESULTS. — CHAPTER XXXIII. CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (CONTINUED)—RECENT RESULTS.
11. 11.INDEX.
12. 12.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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