The Book of Stars

About this eBook

Author

Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869-1952

Title

The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

Original Publication

United States: D. Appleton & Company,1915,copyright 1920.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Stars -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67234

Release Date

January 23, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BOOK OF STARS
2. 2.A WORD TO YOU
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.CHAPTER I HOW TO FIND THE NORTH STAR
7. 7.CHAPTER II HOW TO KNOW THE STARS
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE SUN, THE BRIGHTEST OF ALL STARS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE PLANETS, THE SUN’S KIDDIES
10. 10.CHAPTER V MOTHER EARTH, OLD ADAM’S PLANET
11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE MOON, THE EARTH’S DAUGHTER
12. 12.CHAPTER VII OTHER THINGS IN THE SKY
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII SEEING THE STARS
14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE SPYGLASS OR TELESCOPE
15. 15.CHAPTER X THE TIME O’ DAY
16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE STARS OF THE ZODIAC
17. 17.CHAPTER XII VALUABLE INFORMATION
18. 18.APPENDICES — APPENDIX A — APPENDIX B — APPENDIX C THE GREEK ALPHABET — APPENDIX D STAR TESTS FOR EYESIGHT — APPENDIX E MAGNITUDES OF STARS — APPENDIX F FIRST MAGNITUDE STARS — APPENDIX G CONSTELLATIONS HAVING FIRST MAGNITUDE STARS — APPENDIX H COLORED STARS — APPENDIX I DOUBLE STARS — APPENDIX J VARIABLE STARS — APPENDIX K INVISIBLE OR DARK STARS — APPENDIX L THE EQUATION OF TIME — APPENDIX M THE KULLMER STAR FINDER — APPENDIX N THE ELLIS SEASONAL TWILIGHT CHART — APPENDIX O THE CAMP FIRE SKY MAP
19. 19.DEFINITIONS OF SOME WORDS AND TERMS USED IN THIS BOOK
20. 20.INDEX

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