London Methuen 1907
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A History of Astronomy, first published in 1907, offers a comprehensive introduction to the steady development of the science since its inception in the ancient world up to the momentous progress of the nineteenth century. It includes biographical material relating to the most famous names in the study of astronomy – Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Herschel – and their contributions, clear and accessible discussions of key discoveries, as well as detailing the incremental steps in technology with which many of the turning points in astronomy were intimately bound up.
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. EARLY NOTIONS
II. THE EASTERN NATIONS OF ANTIQUITY 8
III. THE GREEKS 14
IV. THE ARABS 25
V. THE REVIVAL-COPERNICUS-TYCHO BRAHE 28
VI. KEPLER-GALl LEO 39
'VII. NEWTON 47
VIII. NEWTON'S SUCCESSORS: LAPLACE 53
IX. FLAMSTEED-HALLEy-BRADLEy-HERSCHEL 63
X. THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURy-NEPTUNE 73
XI. HERSCHEL-BESSEL-STRUVE • 83
XII. COMETS • 96
XIII. THE SUN-EcLIPSES-PARALLAX 103
XIV. GENERAL ASTRONOMY AND CELESTIAL MECHANICS 118
XV. OBSERVATORIES AND INSTRUMENTS • 132
XVI. ADJUSTMENT OF OBSERVATIONS. PERSONAL ERRORS 141
XVII. THE SUN 146
XVIII. SOLAR SPECTROSCOPY 159
XIX. SOLAR ECLIPSES-SPECTROSCOPY 169
XX. THE MOON 183
XXI. THE EARTH 192
XXII. THE INTERIOR PLANETS 201
XXIII. MARS 209
XXIV. MINOR PLANETS 219
XXV. THE MAJOR PLANETS 226
XXVI. THE SOLAR SYSTEM • 24I
XXVII. COMETS, METEORS, ZODIACAL LIGHT 247
XXVIII. THE STARS-CATALOGUES-PROPER MOTION-PARALLAX-MAGNITUDE 27I
XXIX. DOUBLE STARS 292
XXX. VARIABLE STARS 303
XXXI. CLUSTERS-NEBULIE-MILKY WAY. 318
XXXII. STELLAR SPECTROSCOPY 327
XXXIII. CONCLUSION • 340
