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Myths and Marvels of Astronomy

Myths and Marvels of Astronomy

by Richard A. Proctor

The chief charm of Astronomy, with many, does not reside in the wonders revealed to us by the science, but in the lore and legends connected with its history, the strange fancies with which in old times it has been associated, the half-forgotten myths to which it has given birth. In our own times also, Astronomy has had its myths and fancies, its w..

Other Worlds

Other Worlds

by Garrett Putman Serviss

OTHER WORLDS. Their Nature and Possibilities in the Light of the Latest Discoveries.No science has ever equaled astronomy in its appeal to the imagination, and recently popular interest in the wonders of the starry heavens has been stimulated by surprising discoveries and imaginary discoveries, as well as by a marked tendency of writers of fiction ..

The Future of Astronomy

The Future of Astronomy

by Edward C. Pickering

It is claimed by astronomers that their science is not only the oldest, but that it is the most highly developed of the sciences. Indeed it should be so, since no other science has ever received such support from royalty, from the state and from the private individual. The practical value of astronomy in the past is easily established. Without it, ..

The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe

The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe

by Dorothy Stimson

This study does not belong in the field of astronomy, but in that of the history of thought; for it is an endeavor to trace the changes in people's beliefs and conceptions in regard to the universe as these were wrought by the dissolution of superstition resulting from the scientific and rationalist movements. The opening chapter is intended to do ..

The Martyrs of Science

The Martyrs of Science

by David Brewster

Although in these days, when Science constitutes the power and wealth of nations, and encircles the domestic hearth with its most substantial comforts, there is no risk of its votaries being either persecuted or neglected, yet the countenance of those to whom[vi] Providence has given rank and station will ever be one of the most powerful incitement..

A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century

A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century

by Agnes M. Clerke

We can distinguish three kinds of astronomy, each with a different origin and history, but all mutually dependent, and composing, in their fundamental unity, one science. First in order of time came the art of observing the returns, and measuring the places, of the heavenly bodies. This was the sole astronomy of the Chinese and Chaldeans; but to it..

Pleasures of the telescope

Pleasures of the telescope

by Garrett Putman Serviss

Pleasures of the telescope: An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Descri. By the introduction of a complete series of star maps, drawn specially for the use of the amateur and distributed through the body of the work, thus facilitating consultation, it is believed that this book makes a step in advance of its predecessors. The ..

A Text-book of Astronomy

A Text-book of Astronomy

by George C. Comstock

The present work is not a compendium of astronomy or an outline course of popular reading in that science. It has been prepared as a text-book, and the author has purposely omitted from it much matter interesting as well as important to a complete view of the science, and has endeavored to concentrate attention upon those parts of the subject that ..