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History of Astronomy
George Forbes
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
1. PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROLOGY.
2. ANCIENT ASTRONOMY—THE CHINESE AND CHALDÆANS.
3. ANCIENT GREEK ASTRONOMY.
4. THE REIGN OF EPICYCLES—FROM PTOLEMY TO COPERNICUS.
5. DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOLAR SYSTEM—TYCHO BRAHE—KEPLER.
6. GALILEO AND THE TELESCOPE—NOTIONS OF GRAVITY BY HORROCKS, ETC.
7. SIR ISAAC NEWTON—LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION.
8. NEWTON’S SUCCESSORS—HALLEY, EULER, LAGRANGE, LAPLACE, ETC.
9. DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS—HERSCHEL, PIAZZI, ADAMS, AND LE VERRIER.
10. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION—STATE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
SPECTROSCOPE.
BOOK IV. THE PHYSICAL PERIOD
12. THE SUN.
13. THE MOON AND PLANETS.
14. COMETS AND METEORS.
15. THE FIXED STARS AND NEBULÆ.
ILLUSTRATIONS
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