Astronomy
- Subtitle
- The Science of the Heavenly Bodies
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1. Front matter2. ASTRONOMY3. DAVID TODD4. PREFACE5. CHAPTER I ASTRONOMY A LIVING SCIENCE6. CHAPTER II THE FIRST ASTRONOMERS7. CHAPTER III PYRAMID, TOMB, AND TEMPLE8. CHAPTER IV ORIGIN OF GREEK ASTRONOMY9. CHAPTER V MEASURING THE EARTH—ERATOSTHENES10. CHAPTER VI PTOLEMY AND HIS GREAT BOOK11. CHAPTER VII ASTRONOMY OF THE MIDDLE AGES12. CHAPTER VIII COPERNICUS AND THE NEW ERA13. CHAPTER IX TYCHO, THE GREAT OBSERVER14. CHAPTER X KEPLER, THE GREAT CALCULATOR15. CHAPTER XI GALILEO, THE GREAT EXPERIMENTER16. CHAPTER XII AFTER THE GREAT MASTERS17. CHAPTER XIII NEWTON AND MOTION18. CHAPTER XIV NEWTON AND GRAVITATION19. CHAPTER XV AFTER NEWTON20. CHAPTER XVI HALLEY AND HIS COMET21. CHAPTER XVII BRADLEY AND ABERRATION22. CHAPTER XVIII THE TELESCOPE23. CHAPTER XIX REFLECTORS—MIRROR TELESCOPES24. CHAPTER XX THE STORY OF THE SPECTROSCOPE25. CHAPTER XXI THE STORY OF ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY26. CHAPTER XXII MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORIES27. CHAPTER XXIII THE PROGRAM OF A GREAT OBSERVATORY28. CHAPTER XXIV OUR SOLAR SYSTEM29. CHAPTER XXV THE SUN AND OBSERVING IT30. CHAPTER XXVI SUN SPOTS AND PROMINENCES31. CHAPTER XXVII THE INNER PLANETS32. CHAPTER XXVIII THE MOON AND HER SURFACE33. CHAPTER XXIX ECLIPSES OF THE MOON34. CHAPTER XXX TOTAL ECLIPSES OF THE SUN35. CHAPTER XXXI THE SOLAR CORONA36. CHAPTER XXXII THE RUDDY PLANET37. CHAPTER XXXIII THE CANALS OF MARS38. CHAPTER XXXIV LIFE IN OTHER WORLDS39. CHAPTER XXXV THE LITTLE PLANETS40. CHAPTER XXXVI THE GIANT PLANET41. CHAPTER XXXVII THE RINGED PLANET42. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE FARTHEST PLANETS43. CHAPTER XXXIX THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN PLANET44. CHAPTER XL COMETS—THE HAIRY STARS45. CHAPTER XLI WHERE DO COMETS COME FROM?46. CHAPTER XLII METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS47. RADIANT POINT48. CHAPTER XLIII METEORITES49. CHAPTER XLIV THE UNIVERSE OF STARS50. CHAPTER XLV STAR CHARTS AND CATALOGUES51. CHAPTER XLVI THE SUN'S MOTION TOWARD LYRA52. CHAPTER XLVII STARS AND THEIR SPECTRAL TYPE53. CHAPTER XLVIII STAR DISTANCES54. CHAPTER XLIX THE NEAREST STARS55. CHAPTER L ACTUAL DIMENSIONS OF THE STARS56. CHAPTER LI THE VARIABLE STARS57. CHAPTER LII THE NOVÆ, OR NEW STARS58. CHAPTER LIII THE DOUBLE STARS59. CHAPTER LIV THE STAR CLUSTERS60. CHAPTER LV MOVING CLUSTERS61. CHAPTER LVI THE TWO STAR STREAMS62. CHAPTER LVII THE GALAXY OR MILKY WAY63. CHAPTER LVIII STAR CLOUDS AND NEBULÆ64. CHAPTER LIX THE SPIRAL NEBULÆ65. CHAPTER LX COSMOGONY66. CHAPTER LXI COSMOGONY IN TRANSITION67. Transcriber's Notes: