Recreations in Astronomy by Henry Warren


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ILLUSTRATIONS

FIG.
The Constellations of Orion and Taurus
1. An Orbit resulting from Attraction and Projection
2. The Moon's Orbit about the Earth
3. Changes of Orbit by Mutual Attraction
4. Velocity of Light measured by Jupiter's Satellites
5. Velocity of Light measured by Fizeau's Toothed Wheel
6. White Light resolved into Colors
7. Showing amount of Light received by Different Planets
8. Measuring Intensities of Lights
9. Reflection and Diffusion of Light
10. Manifold Reflections
11. Refraction by Water
12. Atmospherical Reflection
13. Refracting Telescope
14. Reflecting Telescope
15. The Cambridge Equatorial Refractor
16. The new Reflecting Telescope at Paris
17. Spectroscope, with Battery of Prisms
18. Spectra of Glowing Hydrogen and of the Sun
19. Illustrating Arcs and Angles
20. Measuring Objects by observing Angles
21. Mural Circle
22. Scale to measure Hundredths of an Inch
23. Spider-lines to determine Star Transits
24. Illustrating Triangulation
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25. Measuring Distance to an Inaccessible Object
26. Measuring Elevation of an Inaccessible Object
27. Illustrating Parallax
28. Illustrating Stellar Parallax
29. Mode of Ascertaining Longitude
30. Relative Size of Sun, as seen from Different Planets
31. Zodiacal Light
32. Corona of the Sun in 1858--Brazil
33. Corona of the Sun in 1878--Colorado
34. Solar Prominences of Flaming Hydrogen
35. Changes in Solar Cavities during Rotation
36. Solar Spot
37. Holding Telescope to see the Sun-spots
38. Orbits and Comparative Sizes of the Planets
39. Orbit of Earth, illustrating Seasons
40. Inclination of Planes of Planetary Orbits
41. Inclination of Orbits of Earth and Venus
42. Showing the Sun's Movement among the Stars
43. Passage of the Sun by Star Regulus
44. Apparent Path of Jupiter among the Stars
45. Illustrating Position of Planets
46. Apparent Movements of an Inferior Planet
47. Apparent Movements of a Superior Planet
47_a_. A Swarm of Meteors meeting the Earth
48. Explosion of a Bolide
49. Flight of Bolides
50. The Santa Rosa Aerolite
51. Orbit of November Meteors and the Comet of 1866
52. Aspects of Remarkable Comets
53. Phases and Apparent Dimensions of Venus
54. The Earth and Moon in Space
55. Aurora as Waving Curtains
56. Tide resulting from Centrifugal Motion
57. Lunar Landscape
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58. Telescopic View of the Moon
59. Illumination of Lunar Craters and Peaks
60. Lunar Crater "Copernicus"
61. Eclipses: Shadows of Earth and Moon
62. Apparent Sizes of Mars, seen from the Earth
63. Jupiter
64. Various Positions of Jupiter's Satellites
65. View of Saturn and his Rings
66. Perturbations of Uranus
67. Map: Circumpolar Constellations
68. Map of Constellations on the Meridian in December
69. Map of Constellations on the Meridian in January
70. Map of Constellations on the Meridian in April
71. Map of Constellations on the Meridian in June
72. Map of Constellations on the Meridian in September
73. Map of Constellations on the Meridian in November
74. Southern Circumpolar Constellations
75. Aspects of Double Stars
76. Sprayed Star Cluster below ae in Hercules
77. Globular Star Cluster in the Centaur
78. Great Nebula about th Orionis
79. The Crab Nebula above z Tauri
80. The Ring Nebula in Lyra
81. Showing Place of Ring Nebula
82. The Horizontal Pendulum

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