Astronomy of To-day: A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language
by Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
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Chapters (420)
- ASTRONOMY OF TO-DAY
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF DIAGRAMS
- ASTRONOMY OF TO-DAY
- CHAPTER I
- THE ANCIENT VIEW
- CHAPTER II
- THE MODERN VIEW
- CHAPTER III
- THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER IV
- CELESTIAL MECHANISM
- CHAPTER V
- CELESTIAL DISTANCES
- CHAPTER VI
- CELESTIAL MEASUREMENT
- CHAPTER VII
- ECLIPSES AND KINDRED PHENOMENA
- CHAPTER VIII
- FAMOUS ECLIPSES OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER IX
- FAMOUS ECLIPSES OF THE MOON
- CHAPTER X
- THE GROWTH OF OBSERVATION
- CHAPTER XI
- SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
- CHAPTER XII
- THE SUN
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE SUN—continued
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE INFERIOR PLANETS
- CHAPTER XV
- THE EARTH
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE MOON
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE SUPERIOR PLANETS
- CHAPTER XVIII
- THE SUPERIOR PLANETS—continued
- CHAPTER XIX
- COMETS
- CHAPTER XX
- REMARKABLE COMETS
- CHAPTER XXI
- METEORS OR SHOOTING STARS
- CHAPTER XXII
- THE STARS
- CHAPTER XXIII
- THE STARS—continued
- CHAPTER XXIV
- SYSTEMS OF STARS
- CHAPTER XXV
- THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
- CHAPTER XXVI
- THE STELLAR UNIVERSE—continued
- CHAPTER XXVII
- THE BEGINNING OF THINGS
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- THE END OF THINGS
- INDEX
- THE SCIENCE OF TO-DAY SERIES
- THE SCIENCE OF TO-DAY SERIES
- THE ROMANCE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY
- THE ROMANCE OF SAVAGE LIFE
- THE ROMANCE OF PLANT LIFE
- THE ROMANCE OF INSECT LIFE
- THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MECHANISM
- A Catalogue of Books on Art, History, and General Literature Published by Seeley, Service & Co Ltd. 38 Great Russell St. London
- CATALOGUE OF BOOKS
- THE CROWN LIBRARY
- EVENTS OF OUR OWN TIMES
- THE ILLUMINATED SERIES
- MINIATURE LIBRARY OF DEVOTION
- MINIATURE PORTFOLIO MONOGRAPHS
- THE LIBRARY OF MISSIONS
- THE NEW ART LIBRARY
- PORTFOLIO MONOGRAPHS ON ARTISTIC SUBJECTS
- SCIENCE OF TO-DAY SERIES
- SEELEY'S ILLUSTRATED POCKET LIBRARY
- THE STANDARD LIBRARY
- THE THINGS SEEN SERIES
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