Practical Talks by an Astronomer
Author: first_name: Harold
last_name: Jacoby
Language: English
Year: 1902

The present volume has not been designed as a systematic treatise on astronomy. There are many excellent books of that kind, suitable for serious students as well as the general reader; but they are necessarily somewhat dry and unattractive, because they must aim at completeness. Completeness means detail, and detail means dryness. <br><br>But the science of astronomy contains subjects that admit of detached treatment; and as many of these are precisely the ones of greatest general interest, it