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1 online resource (vii, [1] pages, 1 leaf, 349, [1] pages) frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, plates |
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Largely reprinted from various periodicals. |
| Contents |
The unsolved problems of astronomy.--The new problems of the universe.--The structure of the universe.--The extent of the universe.--Making and using a telescope.--What the astronomers are doing.--Life in the universe.--How the planets are weighed.--The mariner's compass.--The fairyland of geometry.--The organization of scientific research.--Can we make it rain?--The astronomical ephemeris and nautical almanac.--The world's debt to astronomy.--An astronomical friendship.--The evolution of the scientific investigator.--The evolution of astronomical knowledge.--Aspects of American astronomy.--The universe as an organism.--The relation of scientific method to social progress.--The outlook for the flying-machine. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost Science Reference Center |
| Subject |
Astronomy.
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Compass.
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Hyperspace.
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Learning and scholarship.
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Rain-making.
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Flying-machines.
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Astronomy. (OCoLC)fst00819673
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Compass. (OCoLC)fst00871379
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Flying-machines. (OCoLC)fst00928449
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Hyperspace. (OCoLC)fst00965827
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Learning and scholarship. (OCoLC)fst00994857
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Rain-making. (OCoLC)fst01089499
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Print version: Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909. Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science. New York, London, Harper & Bros., 1906 (DLC) 06034834 (OCoLC)1240111 |
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