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Table of Contents
- STARGAZING: PAST AND PRESENT.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- BOOK I. THE PRE-TELESCOPIC AGE.
- CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF STARGAZING.
- CHAPTER II. THE FIRST INSTRUMENTS.
- CHAPTER III. HIPPARCHUS AND PTOLEMY.
- CHAPTER IV. TYCHO BRAHE.
- BOOK II. THE TELESCOPE.
- CHAPTER V. THE REFRACTION OF LIGHT.
- CHAPTER VI. THE REFRACTOR.
- CHAPTER VII. THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE REFLECTOR.
- CHAPTER IX. EYEPIECES.
- CHAPTER X. PRODUCTION OF LENSES AND SPECULA.
- CHAPTER XI. THE “OPTICK TUBE.”
- CHAPTER XII. THE MODERN TELESCOPE.
- BOOK III. TIME AND SPACE MEASURERS.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE CLOCK AND CHRONOMETER.
- I. The Rise and Progress of Time-keeping.
- II. The Pendulum.
- III. Escapements.
- IV. The Chronometer.
- I. The Rise and Progress of Time-keeping.
- II. The Pendulum.
- III. Escapements.
- IV. The Chronometer.
- CHAPTER XIV. CIRCLE READING.
- CHAPTER XV. THE MICROMETER.
- THE WIRE MICROMETER.
- THE HELIOMETER.
- THE DOUBLE-IMAGE MICROMETER.
- THE WIRE MICROMETER.
- THE HELIOMETER.
- THE DOUBLE-IMAGE MICROMETER.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE CLOCK AND CHRONOMETER.
- BOOK IV. MODERN MERIDIONAL OBSERVATIONS.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE TRANSIT CIRCLE.
- THE TRANSIT CIRCLE.
- THE TRANSIT CIRCLE.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE TRANSIT CLOCK AND CHRONOGRAPH.
- CHAPTER XVIII. “GREENWICH TIME” AND THE USE MADE OF IT.
- CHAPTER XIX. OTHER INSTRUMENTS USED IN ASTRONOMY OF PRECISION.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE TRANSIT CIRCLE.
- BOOK V. THE EQUATORIAL.
- CHAPTER XX. VARIOUS METHODS OF MOUNTING LARGE TELESCOPES.
- The German Mounting.
- The English Mounting.
- The Forked Mounting.
- The Composite Mounting.
- The Driving Clock.
- THE LAMP.
- The German Mounting.
- The English Mounting.
- The Forked Mounting.
- The Composite Mounting.
- The Driving Clock.
- THE LAMP.
- CHAPTER XXI. THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE EQUATORIAL.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE EQUATORIAL OBSERVATORY.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE SIDEROSTAT.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE ORDINARY WORK OF THE EQUATORIAL.
- TEMPLE OBSERVATORY.
- TEMPLE OBSERVATORY.
- CHAPTER XX. VARIOUS METHODS OF MOUNTING LARGE TELESCOPES.
- BOOK VI. ASTRONOMICAL PHYSICS.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE GENERAL FIELD OF PHYSICAL INQUIRY.
- CHAPTER XXVI. DETERMINATION OF THE LIGHT AND HEAT OF THE STARS.
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE STARS: CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPECTROSCOPE.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE STARS (CONTINUED): PRINCIPLES OF SPECTRUM ANALYSIS.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE STARS (CONTINUED): THE TELESPECTROSCOPE.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE TELEPOLARISCOPE.
- CHAPTER XXXI. CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.—THE WAYS AND MEANS.
- CHAPTER XXXII. CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (CONTINUED).—SOME RESULTS.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (CONTINUED)—RECENT RESULTS.
- INDEX.
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
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