Astronomy
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The Herschels and Modern AstronomyThe Herschels and Modern AstronomyThe chief authority for the Life of Sir William Herschel is Mrs. John Herschels Memoir of Caroline Herschel (London, 1876). It embodies Carolines Journals and Recollections, the accuracy of which is above suspicion. William himself, indeed, referred to her for...
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The New AstronomyThe New AstronomyI have written these pages, not for the professional reader, but with the hope of reaching a part of that educated public on whose support he is so often dependent for the means of extending the boundaries of knowledge. It is not...
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Modern cosmogoniesModern cosmogoniesOf the sixteen chapters constituting this little work, thirteen have been published as a series, begun in Knowledge and continued in Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News, and to the proprietors of those journals, for their courteous permission to reprint them, I offer my...
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Dante and the early astronomersDante and the early astronomersIn a beautiful passage of the Convivio Dante describes how he first began to devote himself diligently to science and philosophy. When the gentle soul of Beatrice had passed to heaven, a great darkness fell upon him: the streets of...
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Mathematische Geographie für LehrerbildungsanstaltenMathematische Geographie für LehrerbildungsanstaltenNach dem Erscheinen der ministeriellen Bestimmungen vom 1. Juli 1901 erschien es mir klar, da eine neue Auflage der von mir im Jahre 1898 umgearbeiteten Mathematischen Geographie von Lorch sich nicht mit dem Ausmerzen und Verbessern einiger Mngel und Versehen begngen...
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Agnes Mary Clerke and Ellen Mary Clerke: An AppreciationAgnes Mary Clerke and Ellen Mary Clerke: An AppreciationLady Huggins in her original draft of the obituary notice of my sister Agnes, which appeared in the Astrophysical Journal, included some words of personal appreciation and of reference to her family which were omitted from...
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A Century's Progress in AstronomyA Century's Progress in AstronomyThe present volume originated in a desire to present, in small compass, a record of the marvellous progress in astronomy during the past hundred years. Indebtedness should be acknowledged to the valuable works of Professor Newcomb, Professor Schiaparelli, Professor Lowell,...
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Emanuel Swedenborg's Investigations in Natural Science and the Basis for His Statements Concerning the Functions of the BrainEmanuel Swedenborg's Investigations in Natural Science and the Basis for His Statements Concerning the Functions of the BrainReprinted from the festival publication of the University of Uppsala on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Royal Society of Sciences of Uppsala and of the...
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The Evolution of WorldsThe Evolution of WorldsDIRECTOR OF THE OBSERVATORY AT FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA; NON-RESIDENT PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; MEMBRE DE LA SOCIT ASTRONOMIQUE DE FRANCE; MEMBER OF THE ASTRONOMICAL AND ASTROPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF...
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Peter Parley's Wonders of the Earth, Sea, and SkyPeter Parley's Wonders of the Earth, Sea, and SkyIt seems to me that there is something very unreasonable in the plan of a great many of the books intended to introduce young people to the various branches of Natural History, which have been recently...
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The Moon HoaxThe Moon Hoax - Or, A Discovery that the Moon has a Vast Population of Human Beings"The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with...
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Beschrijving van het Rijks-Planetarium te FranekerBeschrijving van het Rijks-Planetarium te Franeker - Van 1772 tot 1780 uitgedacht en vervaardigd door Eise EisingaDe Schrijver van dit werkje, de beroemde geleerde, Jan Hendrik van Swinden, geboren den 8 Junij 1746 te s Gravenhage, waar zijn vader Advokaat voor den Hove van...
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The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.CThe Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.C.A SKETCH of the development of astronomy in Canada and of the founding of this observatory. A description of the building and of the mechanical and optical details of the telescope. An account of the principal work of the...
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Galileo and His JudgesGalileo and His JudgesThere is no name in the annals of science which has been the occasion of so long and fierce a controversy as that of Galileo. The historian, the astronomer, and the theologian have all had a share in it. Sometimes there...
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An epitome of astronomy, with the new discoveriesAn epitome of astronomy, with the new discoveries - including an account of the eídouraníon, or transparent orreryThis elaborate Machine is 20 feet diameter: it stands vertical before the spectators; and its globes are so large, that they are distinctly seen in the most...
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Komet und WeltuntergangKomet und WeltuntergangEs besteht das Bedrfnis, in diesem Frhjahr den Weltuntergang infolge eines Zusammenstoes der Erde mit dem Halleyschen Kometen zu proklamieren. Mehrere Menschen empfinden daraufhin den Wunsch, durchaus ethisch zu werden; andere meinen, da nunmehr aller gute Wein, den die Menschheit auf Reserve...
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The Runaway Equator, and the Strange Adventures of a Little Boy in Pursuit of ItThe Runaway Equator, and the Strange Adventures of a Little Boy in Pursuit of ItMOTHER had been helping Billy with his geography lesson, sitting in the garden on a lovely day early in spring, and showing Billy how the earth revolves on its axis....
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The Description and Use of the Globes and the OrreryThe Description and Use of the Globes and the Orrery - To Which is Prefix'd, by Way of Introduction, a BriefA Brief Account of the Solar System, and of the Fixed Stars. Of the Order and Periods of the Primary Planets revolving about the...
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Nat the Navigator. A Life of Nathaniel Bowditch. For Young PersonsNat the Navigator. A Life of Nathaniel Bowditch. For Young PersonsMoved by feelings I could scarcely comprehend, while, at the same time, they were most sweet to me, I was led to talk with the pupils of the Warren Street Chapel on the Sunday...
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Komet und Erde: Eine astronomische ErzählungKomet und Erde: Eine astronomische ErzählungWas wir hier erzhlen wollen, ist kein Phantasiegebilde, das aus den Gefilden einer oft nur zu schpferischen Einbildung hervorgegangen ist; vielmehr haben eingehende Studien das Material hierzu geliefert, und auf wissenschaftlichem Boden ist unser Bericht gewachsen. Der Komet, den...
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