The Practical AstronomerFront matterReading editionChapter navigation26 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER, COMPRISING ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIGHT AND COLOURS—PRACTICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL KINDS OF TELESCOPES—THE USE OF THE EQUATORIAL-TRANSIT—CIRCULAR, AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS, A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE EARL OF ROSSE’S LARGE TELESCOPES, AND OTHER TOPICS CONNECTED WITH ASTRONOMY. BY THOMAS DICK, LL.D. AUTHOR OF THE “CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER,” “CELESTIAL SCENERY,” “THE SIDEREAL HEAVENS,” &C. &C. Illustrated with One hundred Engravings. SEELEY, BURNSIDE, AND SEELEY, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MDCCCXLV.PREFACE.LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.PART I. ON LIGHT.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter IV · (continued 2)Chapter VChapter V · (continued 2)Chapter VIChapter VI · (continued 2)Chapter VIIChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVAPPENDIX.ERRATA.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER, COMPRISING ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIGHT AND COLOURS—PRACTICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL KINDS OF TELESCOPES—THE USE OF THE EQUATORIAL-TRANSIT—CIRCULAR, AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS, A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE EARL OF ROSSE’S LARGE TELESCOPES, AND OTHER TOPICS CONNECTED WITH ASTRONOMY. BY THOMAS DICK, LL.D. AUTHOR OF THE “CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER,” “CELESTIAL SCENERY,” “THE SIDEREAL HEAVENS,” &C. &C. Illustrated with One hundred Engravings. SEELEY, BURNSIDE, AND SEELEY, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MDCCCXLV.All chapters and sections (26)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER, COMPRISING ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIGHT AND COLOURS—PRACTICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL KINDS OF TELESCOPES—THE USE OF THE EQUATORIAL-TRANSIT—CIRCULAR, AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS, A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE EARL OF ROSSE’S LARGE TELESCOPES, AND OTHER TOPICS CONNECTED WITH ASTRONOMY. BY THOMAS DICK, LL.D. AUTHOR OF THE “CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER,” “CELESTIAL SCENERY,” “THE SIDEREAL HEAVENS,” &C. &C. Illustrated with One hundred Engravings. SEELEY, BURNSIDE, AND SEELEY, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MDCCCXLV.PREFACE.LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.Parts1Part 1 · Chapters12345Part 2 · Chapters1234455667Part 3 · Chapters1234Part 3 · Other sectionsAPPENDIX.ERRATA.THE AUTHOR’S OBSERVATORY.◇THE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER, COMPRISING ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIGHT AND COLOURS—PRACTICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL KINDS OF TELESCOPES—THE USE OF THE EQUATORIAL-TRANSIT—CIRCULAR, AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS, A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE EARL OF ROSSE’S LARGE TELESCOPES, AND OTHER TOPICS CONNECTED WITH ASTRONOMY. BY THOMAS DICK, LL.D. AUTHOR OF THE “CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER,” “CELESTIAL SCENERY,” “THE SIDEREAL HEAVENS,” &C. &C. Illustrated with One hundred Engravings. SEELEY, BURNSIDE, AND SEELEY, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MDCCCXLV. →