Astronomy for Schools and General Readers Lippincott's Science Series
18822302756Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1882. Third Edition. Third Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Third edition. Pencil name on first blank. 1882 Hard Cover. 301 pp. Green boards. CONTENTS: Introduction: History of Astronomy; General View of the Heavens; Usefulness of Astronomy. Part I. The Solar System - General View of the Solar System: The Sun; The Inferior Planets: Mercury Venus; The Earth: The Tides; The Moon; Eclipses; The Superior Planets: Mars The Minor Planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune; Comets and Meteors: Comets; Meteors; Relation between Comets and Meteors. Part II. The Sidereal System - The Constellations: Description of the Constellations; Double Stars: Variable and New Stars; Clusters and Nebulae; Structure of the Universe. Part III. Properties of Light and Astronomical Instruments; Appendices: I. List of Large Telescopes; II. Astronomical Symbols; III. Lengths of Days Months and Years; IV. Statistics of Planets Sun and Moon; V. Periodic Comets; VI. List of Noted Double Stars; VII. List of Noted Clusters and Nebulae. J. B. Lippincott Company unknown books
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