Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- SUPPLEMENT
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES
- Errata
- A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy
- BOOK I A SKETCH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- BOOK II ECLIPSES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA
- CHAPTER I GENERAL OUTLINES
- CHAPTER II ECLIPSES OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER III THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF JULY 28, 1851
- CHAPTER IV THE ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF MARCH 14–15. 1858
- CHAPTER V THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF JULY 18, 1860
- CHAPTER VI HISTORICAL NOTICES
- CHAPTER VII ECLIPSES OF THE MOON
- CHAPTER VIII SUGGESTIONS FOR OBSERVING ANNULAR ECLIPSES OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER IX TRANSITS OF THE INFERIOR PLANETS
- BOOK III THE TIDES
- BOOK IV MISCELLANEOUS ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA
- BOOK V COMETS
- BOOK VI CHRONOLOGICAL ASTRONOMY
- BOOK VII THE STARRY HEAVENS
- BOOK VIII ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
- BOOK IX A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
- BOOK X METEORIC ASTRONOMY
- APPENDICES
- INDEX TO SUBJECTS
- INDEX TO NAMES
- Plate section
BOOK VI - CHRONOLOGICAL ASTRONOMY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- SUPPLEMENT
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES
- Errata
- A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy
- BOOK I A SKETCH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- BOOK II ECLIPSES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA
- CHAPTER I GENERAL OUTLINES
- CHAPTER II ECLIPSES OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER III THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF JULY 28, 1851
- CHAPTER IV THE ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF MARCH 14–15. 1858
- CHAPTER V THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF JULY 18, 1860
- CHAPTER VI HISTORICAL NOTICES
- CHAPTER VII ECLIPSES OF THE MOON
- CHAPTER VIII SUGGESTIONS FOR OBSERVING ANNULAR ECLIPSES OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER IX TRANSITS OF THE INFERIOR PLANETS
- BOOK III THE TIDES
- BOOK IV MISCELLANEOUS ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA
- BOOK V COMETS
- BOOK VI CHRONOLOGICAL ASTRONOMY
- BOOK VII THE STARRY HEAVENS
- BOOK VIII ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
- BOOK IX A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
- BOOK X METEORIC ASTRONOMY
- APPENDICES
- INDEX TO SUBJECTS
- INDEX TO NAMES
- Plate section
- Type
- Chapter
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