History of Astronomy. George Forbes

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       George Forbes

      History of Astronomy

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664631589

      Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       BOOK I. THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD

       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.

       BOOK II. THE DYNAMICAL PERIOD

       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.

       BOOK III. OBSERVATION

       10. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION—STATE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

       11. HISTORY OF THE TELESCOPE

       BOOK IV. THE PHYSICAL PERIOD

       12. THE SUN.

       13. THE MOON AND PLANETS.

       14. COMETS AND METEORS.

       15. THE FIXED STARS AND NEBUL.

       INDEX