Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science. Simon Newcomb
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Simon Newcomb
Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066219321
Table of Contents
THE UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF ASTRONOMY
THE NEW PROBLEMS OF THE UNIVERSE
WHAT THE ASTRONOMERS ARE DOING
THE ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
THE ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS AND THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATOR
THE EVOLUTION OF ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE
THE RELATION OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO SOCIAL PROGRESS
THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FLYING-MACHINE
ILLUSTRATIONS
SIMON NEWCOMB
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CORONA OF THE SUN, TAKEN IN TRIPOLI DURING TOTAL ECLIPSE OF AUGUST 30, 1905.
A TYPICAL STAR CLUSTER-CENTAURI
THE GLASS DISK
THE OPTICIAN'S TOOL
THE OPTICIAN'S TOOL
GRINDING A LARGE LENS
IMAGE OF CANDLE-FLAME IN OBJECT-GLASS
TESTING ADJUSTMENT OF OBJECT-GLASS
A VERY PRIMITIVE MOUNTING FOR A TELESCOPE
THE HUYGHENIAN EYE-PIECE
SECTION OF THE PRIMITIVE MOUNTING
SPECTRAL IMAGES OF STARS, THE UPPER LINE SHOWING HOW THEY APPEAR WITH THE EYE-PIECE PUSHED IN, THE LOWER WITH THE EYE-PIECE DRAWN OUT
THE GREAT REFRACTOR OF THE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY AT WASHINGTON
THE "BROKEN-BACKED COMET-SEEKER"
NEBULA IN ORION
DIP OF THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE IN VARIOUS LATITUDES
STAR