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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy LifeCollins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

Name: The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life
Author: Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Astronomy -- Juvenile literature; Stars -- Juvenile literature

Dark stars, 206.
    Day, solar, 154.
      when it begins and ends, 152.
    Definitions of words used in starcraft, 213.
    Degrees, dividing a circle into, 156.
      Earth divided into, 81.
      protractor for measuring, 79.
    Denebola in Leo, the Lion, 177.
    Dial of mariner’s compass, 79.
    Diameter defined, 194.
    Difference between true North Pole and magnetic North Pole, 88.
    Dipping needle, how to make a, 79.
    Dog Star, 8.
    Double stars, 204.

    Earth, 47, 54.
      cross section of, 67.
      divided into degrees, 81.
      divided into standard meridians, 158.
      from the Moon, view of, 104.
      a great magnet, 77.
      in the making, 66.
      Moon eclipsed by, 107.
      and Moon joined together, 89.
      orbit of, an ellipse, 70.
      precession of the, 173.
      proof it is round, 67.
      shadow of, 109.
      thickness of air around, 125.
      tilts on its axis, 69.
      travels round the Sun, 70.
      turning of, makes day and night, 69.
      turning in orbit makes the seasons, 72.
      turns on its axis, proof that, 68.
      umbra of, 135.
      when cooled off, 66.
    Earth-shine, 93.
    Eastern time, 158.
    Eclipse, annular of the Sun, 112.
    Eclipse, defined, 113, 194, 195.
      of the Moon, 107.
      partial, of the Sun, 112.
      seeing an, 107.
      of the Sun by Moon, 110.
        for next 30 years, 112.
      total, of the Sun, 112.
    Ecliptic, the, 46, 69, 72, 170.
    Ellipse, 113.
    Ellis seasonal twilight chart, 201.
    Epsilon in Lyra through a glass, 150.
    Equation of time, 155, 207.
    Equator, crossing the ecliptic, 72.
      defined, 194.
    Equinox, autumnal, 178.
      vernal, 178.
    Ether, what it is, 123, 125, 127.
    Evening star, Venus, 50.
    Experiment, Foucault’s pendulum, 68.
      in centrifugal force, 90.
      making star trails, 68.
      showing, eclipse of Sun, 110.
        how Moon cracked, 145.
        Moon eclipsed by Earth, 107.
        Moon’s crescent, 95.
        Moon’s day and year, 94.
        Moon’s phases, 98.
        reflection of light, 131.
        refraction of light, 132.
      with a bell, 125.
      with candle to show the seasons, 73.
      with cardboard zodiac, 170.
      with spinning top, 72.
      with water waves, 124.
    Eye, a camera, 127.
      how it sees, 127.
      human, 8.
      light and, 129.
    Eyesight, star tests for, 197.

    Finding, the North Star, 2.
      the North with Pegasus, 19.
    Fireballs, 116.
    First magnitude stars, 200.
    Fixed stars, 7.
    Flying Horse, constellation of, 19.
    Focal length of a lens, 134.
    Focus of lens, 133.
    Forecasting the weather by barometer, 35.
    Forecasting weather by signs, 36.
    Foucault’s pendulum experiment, 68.
    Fraunhofer’s lines, 190.
    Frequency of vibrating atoms, 123.
    Friction, 60.

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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy LifeCollins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Science

The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Astronomy -- Juvenile literature; Stars -- Juvenile literature

Dark stars, 206.
    Day, solar, 154.
      when it begins and ends, 152.
    Definitions of words used in starcraft, 213.
    Degrees, dividing a circle into, 156.
      Earth divided into, 81.
      protractor for measuring, 79.
    Denebola in Leo, the Lion, 177.
    Dial of mariner’s compass, 79.
    Diameter defined, 194.
    Difference between true North Pole and magnetic North Pole, 88.
    Dipping needle, how to make a, 79.
    Dog Star, 8.
    Double stars, 204.

    Earth, 47, 54.
      cross section of, 67.
      divided into degrees, 81.
      divided into standard meridians, 158.
      from the Moon, view of, 104.
      a great magnet, 77.
      in the making, 66.
      Moon eclipsed by, 107.
      and Moon joined together, 89.
      orbit of, an ellipse, 70.
      precession of the, 173.
      proof it is round, 67.
      shadow of, 109.
      thickness of air around, 125.
      tilts on its axis, 69.
      travels round the Sun, 70.
      turning of, makes day and night, 69.
      turning in orbit makes the seasons, 72.
      turns on its axis, proof that, 68.
      umbra of, 135.
      when cooled off, 66.
    Earth-shine, 93.
    Eastern time, 158.
    Eclipse, annular of the Sun, 112.
    Eclipse, defined, 113, 194, 195.
      of the Moon, 107.
      partial, of the Sun, 112.
      seeing an, 107.
      of the Sun by Moon, 110.
        for next 30 years, 112.
      total, of the Sun, 112.
    Ecliptic, the, 46, 69, 72, 170.
    Ellipse, 113.
    Ellis seasonal twilight chart, 201.
    Epsilon in Lyra through a glass, 150.
    Equation of time, 155, 207.
    Equator, crossing the ecliptic, 72.
      defined, 194.
    Equinox, autumnal, 178.
      vernal, 178.
    Ether, what it is, 123, 125, 127.
    Evening star, Venus, 50.
    Experiment, Foucault’s pendulum, 68.
      in centrifugal force, 90.
      making star trails, 68.
      showing, eclipse of Sun, 110.
        how Moon cracked, 145.
        Moon eclipsed by Earth, 107.
        Moon’s crescent, 95.
        Moon’s day and year, 94.
        Moon’s phases, 98.
        reflection of light, 131.
        refraction of light, 132.
      with a bell, 125.
      with candle to show the seasons, 73.
      with cardboard zodiac, 170.
      with spinning top, 72.
      with water waves, 124.
    Eye, a camera, 127.
      how it sees, 127.
      human, 8.
      light and, 129.
    Eyesight, star tests for, 197.

    Finding, the North Star, 2.
      the North with Pegasus, 19.
    Fireballs, 116.
    First magnitude stars, 200.
    Fixed stars, 7.
    Flying Horse, constellation of, 19.
    Focal length of a lens, 134.
    Focus of lens, 133.
    Forecasting the weather by barometer, 35.
    Forecasting weather by signs, 36.
    Foucault’s pendulum experiment, 68.
    Fraunhofer’s lines, 190.
    Frequency of vibrating atoms, 123.
    Friction, 60.

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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

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