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
- BOOK X METEORIC ASTRONOMY
- APPENDICES
- INDEX TO SUBJECTS
- INDEX TO NAMES
- Plate section
- 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
- BOOK X METEORIC ASTRONOMY
- APPENDICES
- INDEX TO SUBJECTS
- INDEX TO NAMES
- Plate section
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- A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy , pp. x - xxivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1861