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E. Walter Maunder 3x6w45
The first thought that men had concerning the heavenly bodies was an obvious one: they were lights. There was a greater light to rule the day; a lesser light to rule the night; and there were the stars also. In those days there seemed an immense difference between the earth upon which men stood, and the bright objects that shone down upon it from t.. 2n361l
Edward William Bok 3c4i37
A well-known New York millionaire gave it as his opinion not long ago that any young man possessing a good constitution and a fair degree of intelligence might acquire riches. The statement was criticized—literally picked to pieces—and finally adjudged as being extravagant.Now, as every young man naturally desires to make a business success, it is ..
William Tyler Olcott 2i3bs
Considering the ease with which a knowledge of the constellations can be acquired, it seems a remarkable fact that so few are conversant with these time-honored configurations of the heavens. Aside from a knowledge of "the Dipper" and "the Pleiades," the constellations to the vast majority, are utterly unknown.To facilitate and popularize if possib..
Cecil G. Dolmage 2m432
The object of this book is to give an of the science of Astronomy, as it is known at the present day, in a manner acceptable to the general reader. It is too often supposed that it is impossible to acquire any useful knowledge of Astronomy without much laborious study, and without adventuring into quite a new world of thought. The reasoning..
Garrett Putman Serviss 5k422
What Froude says of history is true also of astronomy: it is the most impressive where it transcends explanation. It is not the mathematics of astronomy, but the wonder and the mystery that seize upon the imagination. The calculation of an eclipse owes all its prestige to the sublimity of its data; the operation, in itself, requires no more mental ..
E. Walter Maunder 3x6w45
The Astronomy of the Bible, An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture. Why should an astronomer write a commentary on the Bible?Because commentators as a rule are not astronomers, and therefore either over the astronomical allusions of Scripture in silence, or else annotate them in a way which, from a scientific..
Richard A. Proctor 6p5e6l
Half-hours with the Telescope: Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. The object which the Author and Publisher of this little work have proposed to themselves, has been the production, at a moderate price, of a useful and reliable guide to the amateur telescopist. Among the celestial phenomena de..
George Forbes 2s673f
An attempt has been made in these pages to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by recognising the different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients. No one can expect, in a history of astronomy of limited size, to find a treatise on “practical” or on “theo..