Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I THE ANCIENT ASTRONOMY, OR THE APPARENT MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES
- CHAPTER II THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM, OR THE TRUE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES
- CHAPTER III UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
- PART I PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- PART III THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- PART IV THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
- ADDENDUM TO PART III., CHAPTER II
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- EXPLANATION OF THE STAR MAPS
- ADDENDUM II.—THE SATELLITES OF MAPS
CHAPTER I - THE ANCIENT ASTRONOMY, OR THE APPARENT MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I THE ANCIENT ASTRONOMY, OR THE APPARENT MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES
- CHAPTER II THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM, OR THE TRUE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES
- CHAPTER III UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
- PART I PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- PART III THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- PART IV THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
- ADDENDUM TO PART III., CHAPTER II
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- EXPLANATION OF THE STAR MAPS
- ADDENDUM II.—THE SATELLITES OF MAPS
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- Popular Astronomy , pp. 7 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011