W. Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences. F. Epping and J. N. Strassmeier, Astronomisches aus Babylon. 1889. J. L. E. Dreyer, -History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler. 1906. A. M. Clerke, History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century. 1902. W. W. Bryant, A History of Astronomy. 1907. A. Berry, A Short History of Astronomy. 1898. III.-HISTORICAL, OR EPOCH-MAKING, BOOKS. N. Copernici, De revolutionibus orbium cœlestium libri vi. Nurimburgæ, 1543. The last serious support to the Greek epicyclic school. Tycho Brahe, Astronomia instauratæ progymnasmata. 4°, Uraniburgi, 1602. The fundamental work of the inductive school. J. Kepler, Astronomia nova. Fol. Pragae, 1609. Building the Keplerian solar system on the observations of Tycho Brahe by brilliant demonstrations. G. Galilei, Sidereus nuncius. 4°, Bononiæ, 1655. Commencement of the science of observing the physical features of the heavens. J. Horrocks, Astronomia Kepleriana, defensa et promota. 4°, Londini, 1678. Posthumous work containing the clearest conception of gravitation before Newton. Sir I. Newton, Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. 1687. Expounding, among other matters, universal gravitation and its consequences. The highest example of inductive reasoning ever produced. In the writer's opinion, the only books in the same rank are Euclid's Geometry, Kepler's Astronomia nova, and Clerk Maxwell's Electricity and Magnetism. P. S. de Laplace, Mécanique Céleste. 1802. IV. LUNAR AND PLANETARY THEORY. Nicol, Cyclopedia of the Physical Sciences. Art. “Lunar Theory." This is an excellent introduction to the books that follow. G. B. Airy, Gravitation. The clearest explanation of perturbations. H. Godfray, Elementary Treatise on Lunar Theory (revised). 1871. O. Dziobek, Theories of Planetary Motions (translated by M. W. Harrington and W. J. Hussey). Ann. Arbor. 1892. V.-LIVES OF ASTRONOMERS. L. Prowe, Nicolaus Coppernicus. 3 vols., Berlin, 1883. Contains complete bibliography relating to this incomparable observer. E. S. Holden, Galileo (reprinted from Popular Science Monthly). 1905. This is the latest and most impartial life of this great natural philosopher. It contains references to best authorities. Sir D. Brewster, Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton. 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1854. W. Airy (Editor), Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy. 1896. 99.66 VI. PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY AND INSTRUMENTS. Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles: "Telescope,' 'TransitCircle, Micrometer" (including the heliometer), etc. 99.66 E. W. Maunder, The Royal Observatory, Greenwich. London, 1900. Chauvenet, Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy. 1893. VII. GENERAL ASTRONOMY. C. A. Young, A Text-Book of General Astronomy. Rev. ed., 1902; 12s. 6d. Sir J. Herschel, Outlines of Astronomy. Sir G. B. Airy, Six Lectures on Astronomy. S. Newcomb, Popular Astronomy. 18s. Sir R. S. Ball, The Story of the Heavens (beautifully illustrated). IOS. 6d. G. F. Chambers, Handbook of Astronomy. 3 vols.; 21s. C. G. Dolmage, Astronomy of To-Day. Seely & Co., 1909; 5s. net. R. C. Carrington, Observations of Sun-spots. These books on the sun, though old, are fundamental. The best modern work is scattered through transactions and journals. E. Neison, The Moon. 1876. J. Nasmyth and J. Carpenter, The Moon. 1874; 5s. P. Puiseux, La terre et la lune. P. Lowell, Mars and its Canals. 1906; 10s. 6d. net. R. A. Proctor, Saturn and his System. 6s. A. Guillemin, The World of Comets. Glaisher.) London, 1887. (Translated by J. W. T. Lynn, Remarkable Comets. Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., 1906; 6d. IX. THE NEW ASTRONOMY. S. P. Langley, The New Astronomy. Boston, 1888. 1903; 20s. net. A. M. Clerke, The System of the Stars. 1905; 20s. net. S. Arrhenius, Worlds in the Making. (Translated from the Swedish.) 1908; 6s. net. INDEX Bouvard, A., 65, 68 Abul Wefa, 24 Acceleration of moon's mean Bradley, J., 79, 80, 81, 87, 127, motion, 60 Achromatic lens invented, 88 Airy, G. B., 13, 30, 37, 65, 69, 70, 80, 81, 114, 119 Anaxagoras, 14, 16 Anaximander, 14 Apian, P., 63 Argelander, F. W. A., 139 Aristarchus, 18, 29 Aristotle, 16, 30, 47 64, 82, 125 Clairaut, A. C., 56, 63, 65 Clark, A. G., 89, 135 Clerke, Miss, 106, 146 Common, A. A., 88 Copeland, R., 142 Copernicus, N., 14, 24-31, 37, Cowell, P. H., 3, 5, 64, 83 Delambre, J. B. J., 8, 27, 51, 65, 68 Democritus, 16 Donati, 120 Dreyer, J. L. E., 29, 77 Eclipses, total solar, 103 Ecphantes, 16 Eddington, 131 Ellipse, 41 Empedocles, 16 Encke, J. F., 119, 122, 123, 133 Eratosthenes, 18 Eudoxus, 15, 31 Euler, L., 60, 61, 62, 65, 88, 119 Feil and Mantois, 88 Fizeau, H. L., 85, 92, 99 Henry, P. and P., 139, 140, 143 Herschel, W., 65, 68, 97, 107, Hevelius, J., 178 Flamsteed, J.,50, 58, 68, 78, 79, 93 Hind, J. R., 5, 64, 120, 121, 122 Gilbert, 44 Hipparchus, 3, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, Huggins, W., 92, 93, 99, 106, Ivory, 65 Jansen, P. J. C., 105, 106 Gill, D., 84, 85, 128, 135, 139, 140 Jansen, Z., 86 Goodricke, J., 136 Gould, B. A., 139 |