A History of Astronomy (Routledge Revivals)
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A History of Astronomy (Routledge Revivals)

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A History of Astronomy (Routledge Revivals)

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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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780415746298
eBook ISBN
9781317752479
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History
INDEX
ABERRATION, 69
Abney, William De Wiveleslie, 165
Abul WĂ©fa, 26
Acceleration of moon’s mean motion, 58, 67
Actinometer, 148
Adams, John Couch, 75, 251
—— Walter Sidney, 338
Aerolites, 256
Aethra, 225
Airy, Sir George Biddell, 76, 81, 119, 189
Aitken, Robert Grant, 294
Albategnius, 25
Albrecht, Carl Theodor, 143, 197
Alexander at Babylon, 13
Alhazen, 27
Almagest, 22, 25, 28
Almamon, 25
Almucantar, 139
Alphonsine Tables, 28
Al Sufi, 288, 290
American Observatories, 132
Anderson, Rev. Thomas D., 305, 316
áș ndromedes, 254
Angström, Anders Jöns, 166
—— Knut, 148, 165
Antoniadi, Eugene Michael, 307
Apex, Solar, 130, 286
Apian, Peter, 96, 100
Arabian Astronomy, 25
Arago, Dominique François Jean, 76, 114
Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August, 81, 89, 141, 274, 303
——,’s Zones, 84, 273
Aristarchus, 18, 21, 103
Aristotle, 15–18
Aristyllus, 18, 21
Arrhenius, Svante August, 127, 262
Arzachel, 27
AstrĂŠa, 74
Astrographic Chart, 276
Astronomical Society, Royal, 82; others, 119, 120
Astronomische Gesellschaft, 275
—— Nachrichten, 73
Astronomy dynamical, 123; spherical, 121
Atmosphere, 199
Aurora, 147
Autolycus, 17
Auwers, Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur, 271, 279, 280
BACON, Francis (Lord), 31
Baily, Francis, 272
——’s beads, 115
Bakhuyzen, Henricus Gerardus Van de Sande, 210
Ball, Sir Robert Stawell, 256, 290
Balmer’s Law, 331
Barnard, Edward Emerson, 214, 233, 237, 239, 265, 296, 322
Bayer, Johann, 44
Beer and MĂ€dler’s map, 186
BĂ©lopolsky, Aristarch Apollonovitch...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. PREFACE
  8. Table of Contents
  9. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  10. I. EARLY NOTIONS
  11. II. THE EASTERN NATIONS OF ANTIQUITY
  12. III. THE GREEKS
  13. IV. THE ARABS
  14. V. THE REVIVAL—COPERNICUS—TYCHO BRAHE
  15. VI. KEPLER—GALILEO
  16. VII. NEWTON
  17. VIII. NEWTON’S SUCCESSORS: LAPLACE
  18. IX. FLAMSTEED—HALLEY—BRADLEY—HERSCHEL
  19. X. THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY—NEPTUNE
  20. XI. HERSCHEL—BESSEL—STRUVE
  21. XII. COMETS
  22. XIII. THE SUN—ECLIPSES—PARALLAX
  23. XIV. GENERAL ASTRONOMY AND CELESTIAL MECHANICS
  24. XV. OBSERVATORIES AND INSTRUMENTS
  25. XVI. ADJUSTMENT OF OBSERVATIONS PERSONAL ERRORS
  26. XVII. THE SUN
  27. XVIII. SOLAR SPECTROSCOPY
  28. XIX. SOLAR ECLIPSES—SPECTROSCOPY
  29. XX. THE MOON
  30. XXI. THE EARTH
  31. XXII. THE INTERIOR PLANETS
  32. XXIII. MARS
  33. XXIV. MINOR PLANETS
  34. XXV. THE MAJOR PLANETS
  35. XXVI. THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  36. XXVII. COMETS, METEORS, ZODIACAL LIGHT
  37. XXVIII. THE STARS—CATALOGUES—PROPER MOTION—PARALLAX—MAGNITUDE
  38. XXIX. DOUBLE STARS
  39. XXX. VARIABLE STARS
  40. XXXI. CLUSTERS—NEBULÆ—MILKY WAY
  41. XXXII. STELLAR SPECTROSCOPY
  42. XXXIII. CONCLUSION
  43. INDEX

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