Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909
English
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SIDE-LIGHTS ON ASTRONOMY
AND KINDRED FIELDS OF POPULAR SCIENCE
ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES
BY SIMON NEWCOMB
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. THE UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF ASTRONOMY
II. THE NEW PROBLEMS OF THE UNIVERSE
III. THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
IV. THE EXTENT OF THE UNIVERSE
V. MAKING AND USING A TELESCOPE
VI. WHAT THE ASTRONOMERS ARE DOING
VII. LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
VIII. HOW THE PLANETS ARE WEIGHED
IX. THE MARINER'S COMPASS
X. THE FAIRYLAND OF GEOMETRY
XI. THE ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
XII. CAN WE MAKE IT RAIN?
XIII. THE ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS AND NAUTICAL ALMANAC
XIV. THE WORLD'S DEBT TO ASTRONOMY
XV. AN ASTRONOMICAL FRIENDSHIP
XVI. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATOR
XVII. THE EVOLUTION OF ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE
XVIII. ASPECTS OF AMERICAN ASTRONOMY
XIX. THE UNIVERSE AS AN ORGANISM
XX. THE RELATION OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO SOCIAL PROGRESS
XXI. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FLYING-MACHINE
ILLUSTRATIONS
SIMON NEWCOMB
PHOTOGRAPH OP THE CORONA OP THE SUN, TAKEN IN TRIPOLI DURING TOTAL
ECLIPSE OF AUGUST 30, 1905.
A TYPICAL STAR CLUSTER-CENTAURI
THE GLASS DISK
THE OPTICIAN'S TOOL
THE OPTICIAN'S TOOL
GRINDING A LARGE LENS
IMAGE OF CANDLE-FLAME IN OBJECT-GLASS
TESTING ADJUSTMENT OF OBJECT-GLASS
A VERY PRIMITIVE MOUNTING FOR A TELESCOPE
THE HUYGHENIAN EYE-PIECE
SECTION OF THE PRIMITIVE MOUNTING
SPECTRAL IMAGES OF STARS, THE UPPER LINE SHOWING HOW THEY APPEAR
WITH THE EYE-PIECE PUSHED IN, THE LOWER WITH THE EYE-PIECE DRAWN
OUT
THE GREAT REFRACTOR OF THE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY AT WASHINGTON
THE "BROKEN-BACKED COMET-SEEKER"
NEBULA IN ORION
DIP OF THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE IN VARIOUS LATITUDES
STAR SPECTRA
PROFESSOR LANGLEY'S AIR-SHIP
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