Practical talks by an astronomer.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1902
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.; Astronomical photography; Astronomy; Heliometer; Navigation; Nebulae; Occultations; Planets; Pleiades; Pole star; Pole, astronomy; Stars; Sundials; Telescopes; Time (Methods of reckoning); Saturn (Planet); Earth; Moon; Sun
Table of contents: title: Navigation at Sea; The Pleiades; The pole-star; Nebulae; temporary stars; Galilea; the planet of 1898; How to make a sun-dial; Photography in astronomy; Time standards of the world; Motions of the earth's pole; Saturn's rings; The Heliometer; Occultations; Mounting great telescopes; The astronomer's pole; The Moon Hoax; The Sun's destination.