Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“We can speak with great satisfaction of the interest of the book, which is written with caution and sanity.”

+ +Ath. 1907, 1: 173. F. 9. 320w.
Ind. 62: 503. F. 28, ’07. 320w.

“As an elementary treatise it presents the subject in a clear, straightforward style, unhampered by details, yet with some attention to the historical problems involved. In some cases the reader may be unwilling to accept the author’s view.”

+ −Nation. 84: 58. Ja. 17, ’07. 460w.

Hill, George W. Collected mathematical works. (Carnegie inst. of Washington publications.) 4v. ea. $2.50. Carnegie inst.

Dr. Hill’s valuable contributions to practical astronomy are collected here, covering seventeen hundred pages. Among his best known papers are those which set forth his theory of the moon’s motion and the theory of Jupiter and Saturn.


+Nation. 85: 355. O. 17, ’07. 1010w. (Review of v. 4.)

Reviewed by R. A. S.