A Short History of Astronomy
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY.4. CHAPTER II. GREEK ASTRONOMY.5. CHAPTER II. GREEK ASTRONOMY. (continued 2)6. CHAPTER III. THE MIDDLE AGES.7. CHAPTER IV. COPPERNICUS.8. CHAPTER V. THE RECEPTION OF THE COPPERNICAN THEORY AND THE PROGRESS OF OBSERVATION.9. CHAPTER VI. GALILEI.10. CHAPTER VII. KEPLER.11. CHAPTER VIII. FROM GALILEI TO NEWTON.12. CHAPTER IX. UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION.13. CHAPTER X. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY IN THE 18TH CENTURY.14. CHAPTER XI. GRAVITATIONAL ASTRONOMY IN THE 18TH CENTURY.15. CHAPTER XII. HERSCHEL.16. CHAPTER XIII. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.17. CHAPTER XIII. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. (continued 2)18. AUTHORITIES AND BOOKS FOR STUDENTS.19. INDEX OF NAMES.20. GENERAL INDEX.