Download or read book A Text Book of General Astronomy written by Charles A. Young and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Text-Book of General Astronomy: For Colleges and Scientific Schools The present work is designed as a text-book of Astronomy suited to the general course in our colleges and Schools of science, and is meant to supply that amount of information upon the subject which may fairly be expected of every liberally educated person. W'hile it assumes the previous discipline and mental maturity usually corresponding to the latter years Of'lthe college course, it does not demand the peculiar mathematical training and aptitude necessary as the basis of a special course in the science - only the most ele mentary knowledge of Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry is required for its reading. Its aim is to give a clear, accu rate, and justly proportioned presentation of astronomical facts, principles, and methods in such a form that they can be easily apprehended by the average college student with a reasonable amount of effort. The limitations Of time are such in our college course that probably it will not be possible in most cases for a class to take thoroughly everything in the book. The fine print is to be regarded rather as collateral reading, important to any thing like a complete view of the subject, but not essential to the course. Some of the chapters can even be omitted in cases where it is found necessary to abridge the course as much as possible; e.g., the chapters on Instruments and on Perturbations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Text Book of General Astronomy for Colleges and Scientific Schools written by Charles A. Young and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book A Text book of General Astronomy written by Charles Augustus Young and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Textbook of General Astronomy for Colleges and Scientific Schools written by Charles A Young and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2023-12-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Textbook of General Astronomy for Colleges and Scientific Schools, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of Science Astronomy
Download or read book A text book of general astronomy written by Charles Augustus Young and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Text Book of General Astronomy for Colleges and Scientific Schools By Charles A Young written by Charles Augustus Young and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book TEXT BK OF GENERAL ASTRONOMY F written by Charles Augustus 1834-1908 Young and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Text Book of General Astronomy written by Charles a 1834-1908 Young and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Text book of General Astronomy for Colleges and Scientific Schools written by Charles Augustus Young and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Text book of General Astronomy for Colleges and Scientific School written by Charles Augustus Young and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Astronomy Classic Reprint written by H. Spencer Jones and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General Astronomy In this work the Author has endeavoured to cover as wide a field as possible and it has necessarily been somewhat difficult to decide upon what to include and What to omit, especially when dealing with the most recent developments. It is hoped, however, that the book will serve to give the reader a sufficiently complete view of the present state of Astronomy. Mathematics has been almost entirely excluded in order that the volume may appeal to the amateur, no less than the student. Where possible mathematical methods of reasoning have been followed, which it is hoped will prove of value to students of elementary mathematical astronomy in clothing the symbols with more descriptive matter than is given in the text-books on Mathematical Astronomy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Text book of General Astronomy for Colleges and Schools written by C. A. Young and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Text Book of Popular Astronomy for the Use of Colleges Academies and High Schools Classic Reprint written by William Guy Peck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Text-Book of Popular Astronomy for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and High Schools Aquarius. Bf Pisces. Signs of the Sun and Planets. CD The Sun. 69 The Earth 5 Saturn. O 8 Mars. 111 or as Uranus. 9 Venus. 21 Jupiter. T Neptune. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book An Introduction to Astronomy written by John Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Reader and Text-Book for Schools and Families This work is designed to fill a vacuum in schools and families. With the advancement of science there should be a corresponding advancement in the facilities for acquiring a knowledge of it. To economize time and expense in this department is of as much import ance to the student as frugality and industry are to the success of the manufacturer or the merchant. Im pressed with the importance of these facts, and having a desire to aid in the general diffusion of useful know ledge by giving them some practical form, this work has been prepared. It has a double purpose. As a reader, it contains a great variety of topics; and, being almost entirely divested of scientific terms and phrases, its language is level to the comprehension of the youthful mind. As a text-book, it treats first of the sun and those heavenly bodies with which we are all, by obser vation, most familiar, and advances, consecutively, in the investigation of other worlds and systems which the telescope has revealed to our view. Thus to enhance the interest and value of this work to the student and casual reader, nearly all of the topics that it contains are fully illustrated by engravings, prepared expressly for that purpose. And to promote this object still further, and impart knowledge in the most impressive manner by a sensible demonstration of the arrangement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Textbook of General Astronomy written by Charles Young and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Astronomy is the science which treats of the heavenly bodies. As such bodies we reckon the sun and moon, the planets (of which the earth is one) and their satellites, comets and meteors, and finally the stars and nebulae.We have to consider in Astronomy:(a) The motions of these bodies, both real and apparent, and the laws which govern these motions.(b) Their forms, dimensions, and masses.(c) Their nature and constitution.(d) The effects they produce upon each other by their attractions, radiations, or by any other ascertainable influence.It was an early, and has been a most persistent, belief that the heavenly bodies have a powerful influence upon human affairs, so that from a knowledge of their positions and \aspects" at critical moments (as for instance at the time of a person's birth) one could draw up a \horoscope" which would indicate the probable future. The pseudo-science which was founded on this belief was named Astrology, the elder sister of Alchemy and for centuries Astronomy was its handmaid; i.e., astronomical observations and calculations were made mainly in order to supply astrological data. 2. Astronomy is divided into many branches, some of which, as ordinarily recognized, are the following: a. Descriptive Astronomy - This, as its name implies, is merely an orderly statement of astronomical facts and principles. b. Practical Astronomy - This is quite as much an art as a science, and treats of the instruments, the methods of observation, and the processes of calculation by which astronomical facts are ascertained.c. Theoretical Astronomy, which treats of the calculations of orbits and ephemerides, including the effects of so-called perturbations."d. Mechanical Astronomy, which is simply the applicationof mechanical principles to explain astronomical facts (chiefly the planetary and lunar motions). It is sometimes called Gravitational Astronomy, because, with few exceptions, gravitation is the only force sensibly concerned in the motions of the heavenly bodies. Until within thirty years this branch of the science was generally designated as Physical Astronomy, but the term is now objectionable because of late it has been used by many writers to denote a very different and comparatively new branch of the science.e. Astronomical Physics, or Astro-physics -This treats of the physical characteristics of the heavenly bodies, their brightness and spectroscopic peculiarities, their temperature and radiation, the nature and condition of their atmospheres and surfaces, and all phenomena which indicate or depend on their physical condition. f. Spherical Astronomy -This, discarding all consideration of absolute dimensions and distances, treats the heavenly bodies simply as objects moving on the \surface of the celestial sphere": it has to do only with angles and directions, and, strictly regarded, is in fact merely Spherical Trigonometry applied to Astronomy.3. The above-named branches are not distinct and separate, but they overlap in all directions. Spherical Astronomy, for instance, finds the demonstration of many of its formula in Gravitational Astronomy, and their application appears in Theoretical and Practical Astronomy. But valuable works exist bearing all the different titles indicated above, and it is important for the student to know what subjects he may expect to find discussed in each; for this reason it has seemed worthwhile to name and define the several branches, although they do not distribute the science between them in any strictly logical and mutually exclusive manner. In the present text-book little regard will be paid to these subdivisions, since the object of the work is not to present a completeand profound discussion of the subject such as would be demanded by a professional astronomer, but only to give so much knowledge of the facts and such an understanding of the principles of the science as may fairly be considered essential to a liberal education.
Download or read book An Introduction to Astronomy written by Denison Olmsted and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Text-Book for the Use of Students in College The revision of Professor Olmstead's Astronomy made in 1861, owing to circumstances which I could not well control, was not so thorough as I desired. The present edition is more in accordance with the idea which was in my mind, but which was then only partially carried out. The changes now introduced are principally of the same nature as those made in the revision of the College Natural Philosophy. Some historical matter is omitted; a few alterations are made in the arrangement Of topics; the subject of nearly every paragraph is pre sented in an italic heading; and, throughout, I have aimed to state principles and describe phenomena with more conciseness, Where I thought I could do it with equal clearness. About one-half of the eu gravings are new. A part of these are for the illustration of points either not illustrated or not discussed before, and a part are substituted for those which were faulty. The true proportions of lines and angles can not, in general, be presented in astronomical diagrams and the pupil must depend mainly on his teacher for the help which he needs in this respect. In a very few cases, where it seemed practicable, a figure is added, simply for the purpose of exhibiting the true size of an angle, and the correct proportion of lines. A few pages at the end of the volume are occupied with tables, which may be found useful. I am much indebted to Professor Henry H. White, of the Kentucky University, who has very kindly aided me by numerous criticisms and suggestions, of which I have made free use in this revision. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book An Introduction to Astronomy written by Denison Olmsted and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Text Book for the Students of Yale College Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, By denison olmsted, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
