The Royal Observatory Greenwich
by E. Walter Maunder
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About this eBook
- Author
- Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928
- Title
- The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: A Glance at Its History and Work
- Credits
- E-text prepared by sp1nd, Julia Neufeld, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Royal Observatory, Greenwich
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 44167
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44167
- Release Date
- November 12, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY GREENWICH A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY AND WORK
- 2.E. WALTER MAUNDER, F.R.A.S.
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY — GREENWICH
- 7.CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION
- 8.CHAPTER II — FLAMSTEED
- 9.CHAPTER III — HALLEY AND HIS SUCCESSORS
- 10.CHAPTER IV — AIRY
- 11.CHAPTER V — THE OBSERVATORY BUILDINGS
- 12.CHAPTER VI — THE TIME DEPARTMENT
- 13.CHAPTER VII — THE TRANSIT AND CIRCLE DEPARTMENTS
- 14.CHAPTER VIII — THE ALTAZIMUTH DEPARTMENT
- 15.CHAPTER IX — THE MAGNETIC AND METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENTS
- 16.CHAPTER X — THE HELIOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT
- 17.CHAPTER XI — THE SPECTROSCOPIC DEPARTMENT
- 18.CHAPTER XII — THE ASTROGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT
- 19.CHAPTER XIII — THE DOUBLE-STAR DEPARTMENT
- 20.INDEX — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:
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