The New Heavens
by George Ellery Hale
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
- Credits
- Produced by Robert J. Hall
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Astronomy
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 19395
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19395
- Release Date
- September 28, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE NEW HEAVENS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.CHAPTER I — EARLY INSTRUMENTS — STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE — MODERN METHODS — REFRACTORS AND REFLECTORS — 100-INCH TELESCOPE — ATMOSPHERIC LIMITATIONS — CRITICAL TESTS — CLOSE DOUBLE STARS
- 6.CHAPTER II — STAR IMAGES — THE INTERFEROMETER — A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT — THE 20-FOOT INSTRUMENT — THE GIANT BETELGEUSE — STELLAR EVOLUTION — TWO OTHER GIANTS
- 7.CHAPTER III — SOLAR HELIUM — SUN-SPOTS AS MAGNETS — THE TOWER TELESCOPE — STELLAR CHEMISTRY — ASTROPHYSICAL LABORATORIES — NEWTON AND EINSTEIN — TRANSMUTATION OF THE ELEMENTS — COSMIC PRESSURES — PRACTICAL VALUE OF RESEARCHES ON THE CONSTITUTION OF MATTER
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