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A Century's Progress in Astronomy
Hector Macpherson
From Herschel's discovery of a new planet to the riddles of comets and distant stars, a century of astronomy in one sweep. Hector Macpherson tours the sun, the moon, the inner and outer planets, meteors, and the deep field of stars. Clear, enthusiastic science writing from the age of the great telescopes. Look up with a guide who knew the sky.
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19 chapters
- 1A Century’s Progress IN Astronomy
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4CHAPTER I. HERSCHEL THE PIONEER.
- 5CHAPTER II. HERSCHEL THE DISCOVERER.
- 6CHAPTER III. THE SUN.
- 7CHAPTER IV. THE MOON.
- 8CHAPTER V. THE INNER PLANETS.
- 9CHAPTER VI. THE OUTER PLANETS.
- 10CHAPTER VII. COMETS.
- 11CHAPTER VIII. METEORS.
- 12CHAPTER IX. THE STARS.
- 13CHAPTER X. THE LIGHT OF THE STARS.
- 14CHAPTER XI. STELLAR SYSTEMS AND NEBULÆ.
- 15CHAPTER XII. STELLAR DISTRIBUTION AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE.
- 16CHAPTER XIII. CELESTIAL EVOLUTION.
- 17INDEX.
- 18CORRIGENDA.
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