Autho r : Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859
Title: Letters on Astronomy
in which the Elements of the Science are Familiarly Explained in Connection with Biographical Sketches of the Most Eminent Astronomers
Contents: Preface -- Introducto r y observations -- Doctrine of the sphere -- Astronomical instruments, telescope -- Observato r ies -- Time a nd the calendar -- Figure of the earth -- Diurnal revolution -- Parallax a nd refraction -- The sun -- Annual revolution, seasons -- Laws of motion -- Terrestrial gravity -- Sir Isaac Newton, unversal gravitation, figure of the earth's o r bit, precession of the equinoxes -- The moon -- The moon, phases, harvest moon, librations -- Moon's o r bit, her irregularities -- Eclipses -- Longitude, tides -- Planets, Mercury a nd Venus -- Superio r planets: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, a nd Uranus -- Copernicus, Galileo -- Saturn, Uranus, asteroids -- The planetary motions, Kepler's laws, Kepler -- Comets -- Meteo r ic showers -- Fixed stars -- System of the wo r ld -- Natural theology -- Recent discoveries.
Language: English
LoC Class: QB: Science: Astronomy
Subject: Astronomy
Release Date: Jul 15, 2012
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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