The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

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Simon Newcomb. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

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PREFACE

THE REMINISCENCES OF AN ASTRONOMER

I

THE WORLD OF COLD AND DARKNESS

II

DOCTOR FOSHAY

III

THE WORLD OF SWEETNESS AND LIGHT

IV

LIFE AND WORK AT AN OBSERVATORY

V

GREAT TELESCOPES AND THEIR WORK

VI

THE TRANSITS OF VENUS

VII

THE LICK OBSERVATORY

VIII

THE AUTHOR'S SCIENTIFIC WORK

IX

SCIENTIFIC WASHINGTON

X

SCIENTIFIC ENGLAND

XI

MEN AND THINGS IN EUROPE

XII

THE OLD AND THE NEW WASHINGTON

XIII

MISCELLANEA

INDEX

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Simon Newcomb

Published by Good Press, 2019

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[3] The grandfather of President Schurman of Cornell University. I retain a dreamy impression of two half-grown or nearly grown boys, perhaps between fourteen and eighteen years of age, one of whom became, I believe, the father of the president.

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