Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED
- PART I PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHAPTER I THE TELESCOPE
- CHAPTER II APPLICATION OF THE TELESCOPE TO CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS
- CHAPTER III MEASURING DISTANCES IN THE HEAVENS
- CHAPTER IV THE MOTION OF LIGHT
- CHAPTER V THE SPECTROSCOPE
- PART III THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- PART IV THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
- ADDENDUM TO PART III., CHAPTER II
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- EXPLANATION OF THE STAR MAPS
- ADDENDUM II.—THE SATELLITES OF MAPS
CHAPTER III - MEASURING DISTANCES IN THE HEAVENS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED
- PART I PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHAPTER I THE TELESCOPE
- CHAPTER II APPLICATION OF THE TELESCOPE TO CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS
- CHAPTER III MEASURING DISTANCES IN THE HEAVENS
- CHAPTER IV THE MOTION OF LIGHT
- CHAPTER V THE SPECTROSCOPE
- PART III THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- PART IV THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
- ADDENDUM TO PART III., CHAPTER II
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- EXPLANATION OF THE STAR MAPS
- ADDENDUM II.—THE SATELLITES OF MAPS
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- Popular Astronomy , pp. 165 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1878