The Life of Roger Langdon, told by himself
by Roger Langdon
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About this eBook
- Author
- Roger Langdon
- Title
- The Life of Roger Langdon, Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen.
- Credits
- Produced by Eric Hutton, Leonardo Palladino and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Langdon, Roger, 1825-1894
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 34711
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34711
- Release Date
- December 21, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE LIFE OF ROGER LANGDON — TOLD BY HIMSELF — With Additions by his Daughter — Ellen — "PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY" — [ From "Whitaker's Almanack" for 1895, under the heading "Progress of Astronomy." ]
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CHAPTER I — "WHY WAS I BORN?"
- 5.CHAPTER II — CHILDHOOD'S DAYS
- 6.CHAPTER III — STARTING IN LIFE
- 7.CHAPTER IV — MY SECRET DEPARTURE
- 8.CHAPTER V — LIFE IN JERSEY
- 9.CHAPTER VI — RETURN AND MARRIAGE
- 10.CHAPTER VII — SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS — [ By Miss Ellen Langdon ]
- 11.CHAPTER VIII — CLOSING YEARS
- 12.APPENDICES — APPENDIX I — A List of Parish Clerks of the Parish of Chisleborough, Copied from the Register — APPENDIX II — Observations of the Planet Venus, with a 6-inch silvered Glass Reflector. By R. Langdon — Communicated by J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S. — [From the "Monthly Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vols. 31-32, June, 1872] — APPENDIX III — Observations of the Planet Venus, with a 6-inch Silvered Glass Reflector. By R. Langdon — [From the "Monthly Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society, June 1873. Vol. 33, Page 500.] — APPENDIX IV — A Letter from the Man in the Moon — ( Left for the Editor at the Railway Station ) — [Reprinted from the Exe Valley Magazine ] — APPENDIX V — A Journey with Coggia's Comet — [Reprinted from Home Words ] — APPENDIX VI — The Planet Venus — APPENDIX VII — Transcriber's Notes:
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