A Text-Book of Astronomy

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GEORGE C. COMSTOCK

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEASUREMENT

CHAPTER II THE STARS AND THEIR DIURNAL MOTION

CHAPTER III FIXED AND WANDERING STARS

CHAPTER IV CELESTIAL MECHANICS

CHAPTER V THE EARTH AS A PLANET

CHAPTER VI THE MEASUREMENT OF TIME

CHAPTER VII ECLIPSES

CHAPTER VIII INSTRUMENTS AND THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THEIR USE

CHAPTER IX THE MOON

CHAPTER X THE SUN

CHAPTER XI THE PLANETS

CHAPTER XII COMETS AND METEORS

CHAPTER XIII THE FIXED STARS

CHAPTER XIV STARS AND NEBULAE

CHAPTER XV GROWTH AND DECAY

APPENDIX The Greek Alphabet

INDEX

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A. F. NIGHTINGALE, Ph.D., LL.D.
FORMERLY SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS, CHICAGO


A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. After Burckhalter's photographs of the eclipse of May 28, 1900. A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.
After Burckhalter's photographs of the eclipse of May 28, 1900.

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