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Half-hours with the Telescope
by Richard A. ProctorHalf-hours with the Telescope: Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. The object which the Author and Publisher of this little work have proposed to themselves, has been the production, at a moderate price, of a useful and reliable guide to the amateur telescopist. Among the celestial phenomena de..
History of Astronomy
by George ForbesAn attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by recognising the different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients. No one can expect, in a history of astronomy of limited size, to find a treatise on “practical” or on “theo..
Lectures on Stellar Statistics
by C. V. L. CharlierOur knowledge of the stars is based on their apparent attributes, obtained from the astronomical observations. The object of astronomy is to deduce herefrom the real or absolute attributes of the stars, which are their position in space, their movement, and their physical nature.The apparent attributes of the stars are studied by the aid of their r..
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
by Richard A. ProctorThe chief charm of Astronomy, with many, does not reside in the wonders revealed to us by the science, but in the lore and legends connected with its history, the strange fancies with which in old times it has been associated, the half-forgotten myths to which it has given birth. In our own times also, Astronomy has had its myths and fancies, its w..
Other Worlds
by Garrett Putman ServissOTHER WORLDS. Their Nature and Possibilities in the Light of the Latest Discoveries.No science has ever equaled astronomy in its appeal to the imagination, and recently popular interest in the wonders of the starry heavens has been stimulated by surprising discoveries and imaginary discoveries, as well as by a marked tendency of writers of fiction ..
The Future of Astronomy
by Edward C. PickeringIt is claimed by astronomers that their science is not only the oldest, but that it is the most highly developed of the sciences. Indeed it should be so, since no other science has ever received such support from royalty, from the state and from the private individual. The practical value of astronomy in the past is easily established. Without it, ..
The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe
by Dorothy StimsonThis study does not belong in the field of astronomy, but in that of the history of thought; for it is an endeavor to trace the changes in people's beliefs and conceptions in regard to the universe as these were wrought by the dissolution of superstition resulting from the scientific and rationalist movements. The opening chapter is intended to do ..
The Martyrs of Science
by David BrewsterAlthough in these days, when Science constitutes the power and wealth of nations, and encircles the domestic hearth with its most substantial comforts, there is no risk of its votaries being either persecuted or neglected, yet the countenance of those to whom[vi] Providence has given rank and station will ever be one of the most powerful incitement..