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A TEXT-BOOK OF ASTRONOMY
BY
GEORGE C. COMSTOCK
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES
LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER I
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEASUREMENT
CHAPTER II
THE STARS AND THEIR DIURNAL MOTION
CHAPTER III
FIXED AND WANDERING STARS
Table of Epochs
CHAPTER IV
CELESTIAL MECHANICS
Table
CHAPTER V
THE EARTH AS A PLANET
CHAPTER VI
THE MEASUREMENT OF TIME
CHAPTER VII
ECLIPSES
Eclipses of the Year 1900
Solar Eclipse Limits
Lunar Eclipse Limits
CHAPTER VIII
INSTRUMENTS AND THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THEIR USE
CHAPTER IX
THE MOON
CHAPTER X
THE SUN
CHAPTER XI
THE PLANETS
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus and Neptune
Venus
Mercury
Mars
The Asteroids
CHAPTER XII
COMETS AND METEORS
CHAPTER XIII
THE FIXED STARS
The Sun's Nearest Neighbors
CHAPTER XIV
STARS AND NEBULÆ
CHAPTER XV
GROWTH AND DECAY
FOOTNOTES
APPENDIX
The Greek Alphabet
Popular Literature of Astronomy
General Treatises
Special Treatises
A List of Stars for Time Observations
INDEX
THE END
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