PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE TELESCOPE, ITS INVENTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS POWERS.

CHAPTER II. RELATIVE MERITS OF LARGE AND SMALL TELESCOPES.

CHAPTER III. NOTES ON TELESCOPES AND THEIR ACCESSORIES.

CHAPTER IV. NOTES ON TELESCOPIC WORK.

CHAPTER V. THE SUN.

CHAPTER VI. THE MOON.

CHAPTER VII. MERCURY.

CHAPTER VIII. VENUS.

CHAPTER IX. MARS.

CHAPTER X. THE PLANETOIDS.

CHAPTER XI. JUPITER.

CHAPTER XII. SATURN.

CHAPTER XIII. URANUS AND NEPTUNE.

CHAPTER XIV. COMETS AND COMET-SEEKING.

CHAPTER XV. METEORS AND METEORIC OBSERVATIONS.

CHAPTER XVI. THE STARS.

CHAPTER XVII. NEBULAE AND CLUSTERS OF STARS.

BY

WILLIAM F. DENNING, F.R.A.S.
(FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF THE LIVERPOOL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY).

LONDON:
TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
1891.

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