History of Astronomy
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Chapters (26)
- HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
- GEORGE FORBES, M.A., F.R.S., M. INST. C. E.,
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- BOOK I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD
- 1. PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY.
- 2. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY—THE CHINESE AND CHALDÆANS.
- 3. ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY.
- 4. THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES—FROM PTOLEMY TO COPERNICUS.
- BOOK II. THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD
- 5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM—TYCHO BRAHE—KEPLER.
- 6. GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPE—NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS, ETC.
- 7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON—LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION.
- 8. NEWTON’S SUCCESSORS—HALLEY, EULER, LAGRANGE, LAPLACE, ETC.
- 9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS—HERSCHEL, PIAZZI, ADAMS, AND LE VERRIER.
- BOOK III. OBSERVATION
- 10. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION—STATE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
- 11. HISTORY OF THE TELESCOPE
- SPECTROSCOPE.
- BOOK IV. THE PHYSICAL PERIOD
- 12. THE SUN.
- 13. THE MOON AND PLANETS.
- 14. COMETS AND METEORS.
- 15. THE FIXED STARS AND NEBULÆ.
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INDEX
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