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Arthur Berry. A Short History of Astronomy
A Short History of Astronomy
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. PRIMITIVE ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER II. GREEK ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER III. THE MIDDLE AGES
CHAPTER IV. COPPERNICUS
CHAPTER V. THE RECEPTION OF THE COPPERNICAN THEORY AND THE PROGRESS OF OBSERVATION
CHAPTER VI. GALILEI
CHAPTER VII. KEPLER
CHAPTER VIII. FROM GALILEI TO NEWTON
CHAPTER IX. UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION
CHAPTER X. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY IN THE 18TH CENTURY
CHAPTER XI. GRAVITATIONAL ASTRONOMY IN THE 18TH CENTURY
CHAPTER XII. HERSCHEL
CHAPTER XIII. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
AUTHORITIES AND BOOKS FOR STUDENTS
I. General
II. Special Periods
INDEX OF NAMES
GENERAL INDEX
Footnote
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Arthur Berry
Published by Good Press, 2022
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To face p. 8.
10. A slight familiarity with the stars is enough to shew any one that the same stars are not always visible at the same time of night. Rather more careful observation, carried out for a considerable time, is necessary in order to see that the aspect of the sky changes in a regular way from night to night, and that after the lapse of a year the same stars become again visible at the same time. The explanation of these changes as due to the motion of the sun on the celestial sphere is more difficult, and the unknown discoverer of this fact certainly made one of the most important steps in early astronomy.
