A Short History of Astronomy

Name: A Short History of Astronomy
Author: Berry, Arthur

Berry, Arthur

Astronomy -- History

§§ 10-11. The _annual motion_ of the sun: _great circles_:
  the _ecliptic_ and its _obliquity_: the _equinoxes_ and
  _equinoctial points_: the _solstices_ and _solstitial
  points_                                                              8

  §§ 12-13. _The constellations_: _the zodiac_, _signs of the zodiac_,
  and _zodiacal constellations_: the _first point of
  Aries_ (♈), and the _first point of Libra_ (♎)                     12

  § 14. The five _planets_: _direct_ and _retrograde_ motions:
  _stationary points_                                                 14

  § 15. The order of nearness of the planets: _occultations_:
  _superior_ and _inferior_ planets                                   15

  § 16. Measurement of time: the day and its division into
  hours: the _lunar month_: the year: the week                        17

  § 17. _Eclipses_: the _saros_                                       19

  § 18. The rise of _Astrology_                                       20


  CHAPTER II.

  GREEK ASTRONOMY (FROM ABOUT 600 B.C. TO ABOUT
  400 A.D.), §§ 19-54                                              21-75

  §§ 19-20. =Astronomy up to the time of Aristotle.= The
  Greek calendar: _full_ and _empty_ months:
  the _octaeteris_: _Meton’s cycle_                                   21

  § 21. The Roman calendar: introduction of the
  _Julian Calendar_                                                   22

  § 22. The _Gregorian Calendar_                                      23

  § 23. Early Greek speculative astronomy: _Thales_
  and _Pythagoras_: the spherical form of the
  earth: the celestial spheres: the _music of
  the spheres_                                                        24

  § 24. _Philolaus_ and other Pythagoreans: early believers
  in the motion of the earth: _Aristarchus_
  and _Seleucus_                                                      25

  § 25. _Plato_: uniform circular and spherical motions               26

  § 26. _Eudoxus_: representation of the celestial
  motions by combinations of spheres: description
  of the constellations. _Callippus_                                  27

  §§ 27-30. _Aristotle_: his spheres: the phases of the moon:
  proofs that the earth is spherical: his
  arguments against the motion of the earth:
  relative distances of the celestial bodies:
  other speculations: estimate of his astronomical
  work                                                                29

  §§ 31-2. =The early Alexandrine school=: its rise: Aristarchus:
  his estimates of the distances of the
  sun and moon. Observations by _Timocharis_
  and _Aristyllus_                                                    34

  §§ 33-4. Development of _spherics_: the _Phenomena_ of
  _Euclid_: the _horizon_, the _zenith_, _poles_ of a
  great circle, _verticals_, _declination circles_, the
  _meridian_, _celestial latitude_ and _longitude_,
  _right ascension_ and _declination_. Sun-dials                      36

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