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Excerpt from Knowledge, Vol. 10: An Illustrated Magazine of Science Literature, and Art, November 1886 to October 1887Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society: sky, face of the, Nov., 24, Dec., 48 Jan., 70 Feb., 94, March, 118, April, 144, May, 168, June, 191, July, 216, Aug., 238, Sept., 261 Oct., 286 estivals, ancient solar, 150 religions, astronomy and.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bo...

Excerpt from The Borderland of Science: A Series of Familiar Dissertations on Stars, Planets, and Meteors, Sun and Moon, Gambling, Earthquakes, Flying-Machines, Coal, Coincidence, Ghosts, EtcIt appears to me that the considerations urged in the essay upon Coal, respecting the exhaustion of the supply.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a r...

Excerpt from An Illustrated Magazine of Science Literature Art, Vol. 26 of 26: January to December, 1903Universe, On an Inversion of Ideas as to the Structure of the. By Prof Osborne Reynolds, P. B. S.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digi...

Excerpt from Sun Views of the Earth, or the Seasons Illustrated: Comprising Forty-Eight Views of the Earth as Supposed to Be Seen for the Sun at Differents Hours and Seasons, With Five Enlarged Sun-Views of England and a Diagram Representing the Earth's Daily Motion in the OrbitTris work is intended as an illustration of several important astronomical relations, * and especially to supply the place of the meagre and incorrect pictures which ha...

Excerpt from Pleasant Ways in ScienceI propose brie¿y to consider the circumstances which preceded the great discovery which it is now my pleasing duty to describe, in order that the reader may the more readily follow the remarks by which I shall endeavour to indicate some Of the results which seem to follow from the discovery, as well as the line along which, in my Opinion, the new method may most hopefully be followed.About the PublisherForg...

Excerpt from Knowledge, Vol. 9: An Illustrated Magazine of Science, Literature, and Art, November 1885 to October 1886What men constantly seem to overlook in urging such objections is that they are not needed where they would apply, and that where they are actually applied they have no existence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reprod...

Excerpt from Knowledge, Vol. 20: An Illustrated Magazine of Science Literature and Art, January to December, 1897Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward, let 113 range Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten...

Excerpt from Knowledge, Vol. 25: An Illustrated Magazine of Science Literature and Art, January to December, 1902Astrographic Conference, Circular No. 9 of the Astronomy, Manual of. By Prof. C. A. Young Astronomy, Nautical. By J. H. Colvin, ila.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Bo...

Excerpt from The Poetry of Astronomy: A Series of Familiar Essays on the Heavenly BodiesMany think that science canfiot truly be called science if clothed in poetic garb, and, on the other hand, others seem to fear that a glory must depart from the face of nature if science scrutinise her mysteries too closely. I believe both these fears tobe unfounded that science need not be less exact though poetry underlie its teachings, while, beautiful a...

Proctor (1837-88) was an English astronomer, best remembered for producing one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the observer William Rutter Dawes. A crater on Mars is named after Proctor. Following the limited success of his first book on Saturn, he cultivated a more popular style and became a regular contributor to a number of periodicals, writing articles which familiarised the public with the main facts of astronomy....

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Saturn and its System - containing discussions of the motions (real and apparent) and telescopic appearance of the planet Saturn, its satellites, and rings, the nature of the rings, the great inequality of Saturn and Jupiter is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, a...

Excerpt from Essays on Astronomy: A Series of Papers on Planets and Meteors, the Sun and Sun-Surrounding Space, Stars and Star Cloudlets, And a Dissertation on the Approaching Transits of Venus, Preceded by Sketch of the Life and Work of Sir John HerschelI have collected into the present volume those essays to which I have had most frequently to refer in other works, and particularly in The Sun and Other Worlds than Ours.' A certain degree of ...

Excerpt from Knowledge, Vol. 1: An Illustrated Magazine of Science, Plainly Worded-Exactly Described, November, 1881, to June, 1882Electrical coil 04 rub yer, 303 Electra-plating. Lee cclrophote, the, 300 Ellipse, instrument for describing, 234 Bncrinltea, 3m Euclid, the la-t axiom of the first book of, 27g Euaharians, 668 Evolution and ori in of e'ergreena, 238 and goo ogr, 436 Exceptional season, 410 Eye, the, ac one of the aonsea, 168 Eye-p...

Excerpt from Magazine of Science, Vol. 7: Plainly Worded-Exactly DescribedA strong solution, containing only a small proportion of water, conducts well, and rapidly produces a rich, silky deposit, but it has the disadvantage of aggravating those troubles to which reference has just been made, and great care is necessary in managing the cell. The cathode becomes covered with a series of variously-coloured deposits, ranging from a good silver ti...

Excerpt from Magazine of Science Plainly Worded-Exactly Described, Vol. 2Hitherto, accident, popular caprice, convenience, or fashion have contributed principally, either collectively or singly, in rendering many places famous as health resorts. Some, however, have had their fame based upon more solid foundations, viz., upon the experience of learned and prae tical physicians, who, after studying diseases generally in relation to the various f...

Excerpt from Knowledge, Vol. 5: An Illustrated Magazine of Science Plainly Worded Exactly Described, January to June, 1884Humain, from which the previous case is cited, there is a plate representing the right cerebrum entirely destroyed by apoplexy, yet the owner of this half-destroyed brain, jouissait de toute son intelligence.It is singular that Cruveilhier, in dealing with this and similar cases, speaks of the intelligence remaining unim pa...

Excerpt from Knowledge, Vol. 8: An Illustrated Magazine of Science Plainly Worded Exactly Described, July to October, 1885The electricity necessary for the gilding is derived, in some cases, from the well-known Daniell battery, and in other from dynamo-electric machines. There is little doubt that the great amount of attention recently bestowed on dynamos for the purpose of electro-deposi tion will speedily result in.the exclusive use of those...

Rough ways made smooth - a series of familiar essays on scientific subjects is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available ...