The New Heavens. George Ellery Hale

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664599759

      Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       CHAPTER I

       EARLY INSTRUMENTS

       STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

       MODERN METHODS

       REFRACTORS AND REFLECTORS

       100-INCH TELESCOPE

       ATMOSPHERIC LIMITATIONS

       CRITICAL TESTS

       CLOSE DOUBLE STARS

       CHAPTER II

       STAR IMAGES

       THE INTERFEROMETER

       A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT

       THE 20-FOOT INSTRUMENT

       THE GIANT BETELGEUSE

       STELLAR EVOLUTION

       TWO OTHER GIANTS

       CHAPTER III

       SOLAR HELIUM

       SUN-SPOTS AS MAGNETS

       THE TOWER TELESCOPE

       STELLAR CHEMISTRY

       ASTROPHYSICAL LABORATORIES

       NEWTON AND EINSTEIN

       TRANSMUTATION OF THE ELEMENTS

       COSMIC PRESSURES

       PRACTICAL VALUE OF RESEARCHES ON THE CONSTITUTION OF MATTER