History of Astronomy
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10. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION—SIZE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
PREFACE
BOOK I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD
1. PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY.
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2. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY—THE CHINESE AND CHALDÆANS.
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3. ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY.
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4. THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES—FROM PTOLEMY TO COPERNICUS.
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BOOK II. THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD
5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM—TYCHO BRAHE—KEPLER.
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6. GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPE—NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS, ETC.
7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON—LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION.
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8. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS—HALLEY, EULER, LAGRANGE, LAPLACE, ETC.
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9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS—HERSCHEL, PIAZZI, ADAMS, AND LE VERRIER.
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BOOK III. OBSERVATION
10. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION—STATE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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11. HISTORY OF THE TELESCOPE
SPECTROSCOPE.
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BOOK IV. THE PHYSICAL PERIOD
12. THE SUN.
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13. THE MOON AND PLANETS.
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14. COMETS AND METEORS.
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15. THE FIXED STARS AND NEBUL.
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INDEX
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