Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

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STONEHENGE
LIST OF WORKS BY SIR NORMAN
LOCKYER.
PRIMER OF ASTRONOMY.
ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN
ASTRONOMY.
MOVEMENTS OF THE
EARTH.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO
SOLAR PHYSICS.
CHEMISTRY OF THE SUN.
THE METEORITIC
HYPOTHESIS.
THE SUN’S PLACE IN
NATURE.
INORGANIC EVOLUTION.
RECENT AND COMING
ECLIPSES.
STARGAZING, PAST AND
PRESENT.
(In conjunction
with G. M.
Seabroke.)
THE DAWN OF
ASTRONOMY.
STONEHENGE AND OTHER
BRITISH STONE
MONUMENTS.
STUDIES IN SPECTRUM
ANALYSIS.
THE SPECTROSCOPE AND
ITS APPLICATIONS.
THE RULES OF GOLF.
(In conjunction
with W.
Rutherford.)
In the Press.
EDUCATION AND
NATIONAL PROGRESS.

STONEHENGE

AND OTHER

BRITISH STONE MONUMENTS

Astronomically Considered

BY

SIR NORMAN LOCKYER, K.C.B., F.R.S.

DIRECTOR OF THE SOLAR PHYSICS OBSERVATORY

HON. LL. D., GLASGOW; HON. SC.D., CAMBRIDGE; CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE

OF FRANCE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

OF ST. PETERSBURG; THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY

OF FRANCE; THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, GÖTTINGEN; THE FRANKLIN

INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA; THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF BRUSSELS;

SOCIETY OF ITALIAN SPECTROSCOPISTS; THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF PALERMO;

THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GENEVA; OF THE ASTRONOMICAL

SOCIETY OF MEXICO; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF LYNCEI,

ROME; AND THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, PHILADELPHIA;

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCE OF

CATANIA; PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF YORK; LITERARY AND

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER; ROYAL CORNWALL

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION; AND LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., LƗƽƗǵŧŠ

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