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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Recreations in Astronomy, by Henry Warren
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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Title: Recreations in Astronomy
With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work
Author: Henry Warren
Release Date: April 14, 2005 [EBook #15620]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RECREATIONS IN ASTRONOMY ***
Produced by Robert J. Hall.
[Page ii]
[Illustration: THE CONSTELLATIONS OF ORION AND TAURUS.
NOTES.--Star a in Taurus is red, has eight metals; moves east (page
227). At o above tip of right horn is the Crab Nebula (page 219).
In Orion, a is variable, has five metals; recedes 22 miles per
second. b, d, e, x, r, etc., are double stars, the component parts
of various colors and magnitudes (page 212, note). l and i are
triple; s, octuple; th, multiple, surrounded by a fine Nebula (page
218).]
[Page iii]
RECREATIONS IN ASTRONOMY
WITH
_DIRECTIONS FOR PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS AND TELESCOPIC WORK_
BY
HENRY WHITE WARREN, D.D.
AUTHOR OF "SIGHTS AND INSIGHTS; OR, KNOWLEDGE BY TRAVEL," ETC.
WITH EIGHTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS OF STARS
[Page v]
[Greek:
TAEI PSUCHAEI
TAEI AGAPAETAEI
ASTRAPOUSAEI
KAI
ISAGGEDOI]
[Page vii]
PREFACE.
All sciences are making an advance, but Astronomy is moving at the
double-quick. Since the principles of this science were settled
by Copernicus, four hundred years ago, it has never had to beat
a retreat. It is rewritten not to correct material errors, but
to incorporate new discoveries.
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