A Century's Progress in Astronomy

Name: A Century's Progress in Astronomy
Author: Macpherson, Hector

Macpherson, Hector

Astronomy -- History

Dunér—Janssen’s solar atlas—Maunder and magnetism—Solar
          theories—Distance of the Sun—Summary
  CHAPTER IV.                                                         65
                                 THE MOON.
      Life and work of Schröter—Of Mädler—Of Schmidt—Changes on the
          Moon—Selenography in England—Lunar atmosphere—Lunar
          photography—Work of W. H. Pickering—The new
          Selenography—The Moon’s heat—Motion of the
          Moon—Acceleration of the Moon’s mean motion—Work of
          Laplace, Adams, Delaunay
  CHAPTER V.                                                          80
                             THE INNER PLANETS.
      The problem of Vulcan—Mercury—Work of Schröter—Schiaparelli,
          his life and work—Work of Lowell—Spectrum of
          Mercury—Venus—Rotation period: work of Schröter, Di Vico,
          Schiaparelli, Tacchini, Lowell—Atmosphere and surface of
          Venus—The Earth: variation of latitude—Mars—Rotation of
          Mars—Surface—Discovery of canals—Work of Schiaparelli and
          Lowell—Interpretation of the canals—The theory of
          intelligent life—Spectrum of Mars—Satellites—The
          Asteroids—Bode’s law—Work of Piazzi and Olbers—Application
          of photography by Wolf—Discovery of Eros
  CHAPTER VI.                                                        103
                             THE OUTER PLANETS.
      Physical condition of Jupiter—Work of Zöllner and Proctor—The
          red spot—Satellites—Discovery of fifth satellite—Sixth and
          seventh satellites—Rings of Saturn: Bond, Maxwell,
          Keeler—Struve’s theory—Globe of Saturn—New
          satellites—Uranus and its satellites—Discovery of
          Neptune—Adams and Le Verrier—Satellite—Trans-Neptunian
          planets
  CHAPTER VII.                                                       123
                                  COMETS.
      Life and work of Olbers—His repulsion theory—Life and work of
          Encke—His comet—Biela’s comet—Faye’s comet—Return of
          Halley’s comet—Donati’s comet—Comet of 1861—Spectroscopic
          study of comets—Theory of Brédikhine—Spectra of
          comets—Comets of 1880 and 1882—The capture theory—Cometary
          photography
  CHAPTER VIII.                                                      138
                                  METEORS.
      Meteoric shower of 1833—Work of Olmsted—Work of Erman and
          Kirkwood—Of H. A. Newton—Adams and the meteoric
          orbit—Shower of 1866—Connection of comets and meteors—Work
          of Schiaparelli—Shower of meteors in 1872—‘Le Stelle
          Cadenti’—Meteoric observation—A. S. Herschel—Work of
          Denning—Stationary radiants—Bolides and aerolites—Origin
          of aerolites
  CHAPTER IX.                                                        150
                                 THE STARS.
      Distance of the stars—Life and work of Bessel—Studies of

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