An Introduction to Practical Astronomy Containing Descriptions of the Various Instruments that Have Been Usefully Employed in Determining the Places of the Heavenly Bodies
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- ERRATA
- AN INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- I PRELIMINARY REMARKS
- II ON THE SITUATION, STRUCTURE, AND FURNITURE OF AN OBSERVATORY
- III ROTATIVE DOME
- IV REFRACTING TELESCOPES WITH CELESTIAL EYE-PIECES
- V DIAGONAL EYE-PIECES
- VI CELESTIAL EYE-PIECES WITH VARIABLE POWERS
- VII ERECT EYE-PIECES
- VIII A POPULAR EXPLANATION OF THE ACHROMATISM OF THE REFRACTING TELESCOPE
- IX STANDS FOR ACHROMATIC TELESCOPES
- X EQUATORIAL OR PARALLACTIC STANDS
- XI THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF THE DYNAMETER
- XII THE DORPAT REFRACTING TELESCOPE
- XIII ON REFLECTING TELESCOPES
- XIV STANDS FOR REFLECTING TELESCOPES
- XV THE HERSCHELIAN FORTY FEET REFLECTOR
- XVI HERSCHELIAN TELESCOPE AS CONSTRUCTED BY RAMAGE
- XVII ON THE SPACE-PENETRATING POWERS OF TELESCOPES
- XVIII AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF MEASURING SMALL CELESTIAL ARCS
- XIX SPIDER'S-LINE MICROMETER
- XX OTHER METHODS OF DETERMINING THE VALUE OF A SCREW
- XXI MICROMETRICAL SCALE WITH A CONSTANT MAGNIFYING POWER
- XXII ON THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF ILLUMINATING THE LINES IN THE EYE-PIECE OF A TELESCOPE
- XXIII A NEW POLYMETRIC RETICLE
- XXIV RETICULATED DIAPHRAGMS
- XXV CIRCULAR AND ANNULAR MICROMETERS
- XXVI LA CAILLE'S METHOD OF REGISTERING AND REDUCING THE OBSERVATIONS MADE WITH HIS RETICLES
- XXVII SMEATON'S METHOD OF USING A WIRE MICROMETER WITH AN EQUATORIAL STAND
- DOUBLE IMAGE MICROMETERS
- BINOCULAR MICROMETERS
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Plate section
XI - THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF THE DYNAMETER
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- ERRATA
- AN INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- I PRELIMINARY REMARKS
- II ON THE SITUATION, STRUCTURE, AND FURNITURE OF AN OBSERVATORY
- III ROTATIVE DOME
- IV REFRACTING TELESCOPES WITH CELESTIAL EYE-PIECES
- V DIAGONAL EYE-PIECES
- VI CELESTIAL EYE-PIECES WITH VARIABLE POWERS
- VII ERECT EYE-PIECES
- VIII A POPULAR EXPLANATION OF THE ACHROMATISM OF THE REFRACTING TELESCOPE
- IX STANDS FOR ACHROMATIC TELESCOPES
- X EQUATORIAL OR PARALLACTIC STANDS
- XI THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF THE DYNAMETER
- XII THE DORPAT REFRACTING TELESCOPE
- XIII ON REFLECTING TELESCOPES
- XIV STANDS FOR REFLECTING TELESCOPES
- XV THE HERSCHELIAN FORTY FEET REFLECTOR
- XVI HERSCHELIAN TELESCOPE AS CONSTRUCTED BY RAMAGE
- XVII ON THE SPACE-PENETRATING POWERS OF TELESCOPES
- XVIII AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF MEASURING SMALL CELESTIAL ARCS
- XIX SPIDER'S-LINE MICROMETER
- XX OTHER METHODS OF DETERMINING THE VALUE OF A SCREW
- XXI MICROMETRICAL SCALE WITH A CONSTANT MAGNIFYING POWER
- XXII ON THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF ILLUMINATING THE LINES IN THE EYE-PIECE OF A TELESCOPE
- XXIII A NEW POLYMETRIC RETICLE
- XXIV RETICULATED DIAPHRAGMS
- XXV CIRCULAR AND ANNULAR MICROMETERS
- XXVI LA CAILLE'S METHOD OF REGISTERING AND REDUCING THE OBSERVATIONS MADE WITH HIS RETICLES
- XXVII SMEATON'S METHOD OF USING A WIRE MICROMETER WITH AN EQUATORIAL STAND
- DOUBLE IMAGE MICROMETERS
- BINOCULAR MICROMETERS
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
- Plate section
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- An Introduction to Practical AstronomyContaining Descriptions of the Various Instruments that Have Been Usefully Employed in Determining the Places of the Heavenly Bodies, pp. 46 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013