The Telescope

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE EVOLUTION OF THE TELESCOPE

CHAPTER II THE MODERN TELESCOPE

CHAPTER III OPTICAL GLASS AND ITS WORKING

CHAPTER IV THE PROPERTIES OF OBJECTIVES AND MIRRORS

CHAPTER V MOUNTINGS

CHAPTER VI EYE PIECES

CHAPTER VII HAND TELESCOPES AND BINOCULARS

CHAPTER VIII ACCESSORIES

CHAPTER IX THE CARE AND TESTING OF TELESCOPES

CHAPTER X SETTING UP AND HOUSING THE TELESCOPE

CHAPTER XI SEEING AND MAGNIFICATION

APPENDIX WORK FOR THE TELESCOPE

INDEX

THE TELESCOPE

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Galileo’s Telescopes. (Frontispiece)
(Bull. de la Soc. Astron. de France.)

THE TELESCOPE

BY
LOUIS BELL, Ph.D.
CONSULTING ENGINEER; FELLOW, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES; PAST-PRESIDENT,
THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY; MEMBER,
AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

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1922

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