Notes to Stargazing — Reading edition
21 notes · Reading edition
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF STARGAZING. · Note 1CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF STARGAZING. · Note 2CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF STARGAZING. · Note 3CHAPTER II. THE FIRST INSTRUMENTS. · Note 1CHAPTER II. THE FIRST INSTRUMENTS. · Note 2CHAPTER X. PRODUCTION OF LENSES AND SPECULA. · Note 1CHAPTER X. PRODUCTION OF LENSES AND SPECULA. · Note 2CHAPTER XII. THE MODERN TELESCOPE. · Note 1CHAPTER XIII. THE CLOCK AND CHRONOMETER. · Note 1CHAPTER XV. THE MICROMETER. · Note 1CHAPTER XV. THE MICROMETER. · Note 2CHAPTER XV. THE MICROMETER. · Note 3CHAPTER XVII. THE TRANSIT CLOCK AND CHRONOGRAPH. · Note 1CHAPTER XVII. THE TRANSIT CLOCK AND CHRONOGRAPH. · Note 2CHAPTER XVIII. “GREENWICH TIME” AND THE USE MADE OF IT. · Note 1CHAPTER XX. VARIOUS METHODS OF MOUNTING LARGE TELESCOPES. · Note 1CHAPTER XX. VARIOUS METHODS OF MOUNTING LARGE TELESCOPES. · Note 2CHAPTER XXI. THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE EQUATORIAL. · Note 1CHAPTER XXI. THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE EQUATORIAL. · Note 2CHAPTER XXI. THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE EQUATORIAL. · Note 3CHAPTER XXVI. DETERMINATION OF THE LIGHT AND HEAT OF THE STARS. · Note 1