Half-hours with the Telescope / Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction.
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- HALF-HOURS WITH THE TELESCOPE
- Being a popular guide to the use of the telescope as a means of amusement and instruction.
- Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S.,
- Author of "Saturn and its System," Etc. With Illustrations on Stone and Wood.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
- PLATE I.—Frontispiece.
- PLATES II., III., IV., and V., illustrating Chapters II., III., IV., and V.
- PLATES VI. and VII., illustrating Chapters VI. and VII.
- HALF-HOURS WITH THE TELESCOPE.
- CHAPTER I.
- A HALF-HOUR ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE TELESCOPE.
- CHAPTER II.
- A HALF-HOUR WITH ORION, LEPUS TAURUS, ETC.
- CHAPTER III.
- A HALF-HOUR WITH LYRA, HERCULES, CORVUS, CRATER, ETC.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A HALF-HOUR WITH BOOTES, SCORPIO, OPHIUCHUS, ETC.
- CHAPTER V.
- A HALF-HOUR WITH ANDROMEDA, CYGNUS, ETC.
- CHAPTER VI.
- HALF-HOURS WITH THE PLANETS.
- CHAPTER VII.
- HALF-HOURS WITH THE SUN AND MOON.
- THE END.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LONDON:
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