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Astronomy of To-day: A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language

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Astronomy of To-day: A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language

Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage

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The stars explained without a single equation. Cecil Dolmage carries the general reader from the ancient view of the heavens to the modern one, through the solar system and the clockwork of celestial mechanics, all in plain language. A gateway to the night sky for the curious. Look up with a guide who never talks over your head.

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84 chapters

  1. 1ASTRONOMY OF TO-DAY
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5LIST OF DIAGRAMS
  6. 6ASTRONOMY OF TO-DAY
  7. 7CHAPTER I
  8. 8THE ANCIENT VIEW
  9. 9CHAPTER II
  10. 10THE MODERN VIEW
  11. 11CHAPTER III
  12. 12THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  13. 13CHAPTER IV
  14. 14CELESTIAL MECHANISM
  15. 15CHAPTER V
  16. 16CELESTIAL DISTANCES
  17. 17CHAPTER VI
  18. 18CELESTIAL MEASUREMENT

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