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Practical talks by an astronomer /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacoby, Harold, 1865-1932
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : C. Scribner's sons, [1902]
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Table of Contents:
  • Navigation at sea
  • The Pleiades
  • The pole-star
  • Nebulim
  • Temporary stars
  • Galileo
  • The planet of 1898
  • How to make a sun-dial
  • Photography in astronomy
  • Time standards of the world
  • Motions of the earth's pole
  • Saturn's rings
  • The bellometer
  • Occultations
  • Mounting great telescopes
  • The astronomer's pole
  • The moon hoax
  • The sun's destination.