A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century / Fourth EditionAgnes M. Clerke
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century / Fourth Edition
Agnes M. Clerke
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Book language: English
676 pages
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century is a survey of astronomical discovery and thought across the 1800s. Agnes M. Clerke recounts developments in observation and theory, from telescopes to studies of planets, stars and nebulae, for general readers. It offers a clear, engaging record of how astronomy changed during the century.
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Typographical errors noticed during the preparation of this text have been underlined like this. A list has also been placed at the end.
A POPULAR HISTORY OF
ASTRONOMY
DURING THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
PROBLEMS IN
ASTROPHYSICS.
Demy 8vo., cloth. Containing over 100 Illustrations. Price 20s. net. THE SYSTEM OF THE STARS. Second Edition. Thoroughly revised and largely rewritten. Containing numerous and new Illustrations. Demy 8vo., cloth. Price 20s. net. MODERN COSMOGONIES. Crown 8vo., cloth. Price 3s. 6d. net. A. AND C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION, 1883 THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION, 1883 See p. 408 A POPULAR HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY DURING
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
BY
AGNES M. CLERKE
JUPITER 1879 SATURN 1885
JUPITER 1879
SATURN 1885
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1908
First Edition, Post 8vo., published 1885
Second Edition, Post 8vo., published 1887
Third Edition, Demy 8vo., published 1893
Fourth Edition, Demy 8vo., published 1902
Fourth Edition, Post 8vo., reprinted February, 1908
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
Since the third edition of the present work issued from the press, the nineteenth century has run its course and finished its record. A new
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