Primitive Astronomy—Greek Astronomy—The Middle Ages—Copernicus—The Reception of the Copernican Theory and the Progress of Observation—Galileo—Kepler—From Galilei to Newton—Universal Gravitation—Observational Astronomy in the 18th Century—Gravitational Astronomy in the 18th Century—Herschel—The 19th Century—List of Authorities and of Books for Students—Index.
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“A work which will be of the greatest value to all serious students of astronomy.”—Manchester Guardian.
The Stars.
A STUDY OF THE UNIVERSE.
By Professor NEWCOMB.
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The Tides and Kindred Phenomena in the Solar System.