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The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen.

By Roger Langdon, Ellen Langdon

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THE LIFE OF ROGER LANGDON
TOLD BY HIMSELF
- With Additions by his Daughter
  - Ellen
- Ellen
- "PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY"
- [From "Whitaker's Almanack" for 1895, under the heading "Progress of Astronomy."]
PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
- "WHY WAS I BORN?"
CHAPTER II
- CHILDHOOD'S DAYS
CHAPTER III
- STARTING IN LIFE
CHAPTER IV
- MY SECRET DEPARTURE
CHAPTER V
- LIFE IN JERSEY
CHAPTER VI
- RETURN AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER VII
- SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- [By Miss Ellen Langdon]
CHAPTER VIII
- CLOSING YEARS
APPENDICES
- APPENDIX I
- A List of Parish Clerks of the Parish of Chisleborough, Copied from the Register
- APPENDIX II
  - Observations of the Planet Venus, with a 6-inch silvered Glass Reflector. By R. Langdon
  - Communicated by J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S.
  - [From the "Monthly Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vols. 31-32, June, 1872]
- Observations of the Planet Venus, with a 6-inch silvered Glass Reflector. By R. Langdon
- Communicated by J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S.
- [From the "Monthly Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vols. 31-32, June, 1872]
- APPENDIX III
  - Observations of the Planet Venus, with a 6-inch Silvered Glass Reflector. By R. Langdon
  - [From the "Monthly Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society, June 1873. Vol. 33, Page 500.]
- Observations of the Planet Venus, with a 6-inch Silvered Glass Reflector. By R. Langdon
- [From the "Monthly Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society, June 1873. Vol. 33, Page 500.]
- APPENDIX IV
  - A Letter from the Man in the Moon
  - (Left for the Editor at the Railway Station)
  - [Reprinted from the Exe Valley Magazine]
- A Letter from the Man in the Moon
- (Left for the Editor at the Railway Station)
- [Reprinted from the Exe Valley Magazine]
- APPENDIX V
  - A Journey with Coggia's Comet
  - [Reprinted from Home Words]
- A Journey with Coggia's Comet
- [Reprinted from Home Words]
- APPENDIX VI
  - The Planet Venus
- The Planet Venus
- APPENDIX VII
- Transcriber's Notes: