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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

Sun time, 152.
      how to set, 153.
      imaginary, 155.
    Sword of Orion, 22.

    Tangent defined, 58, 194.
    Taurus, Aldebaran in, 26.
      constellation of, 24, 63, 175.
      of the Egyptians, 26.
    Telescope, 136.
      astronomical, 138.
      with convex lenses, 142.
      defined, 136.
      discovery of, 136.
      equatorial, 188.
      how to make a cheap, 140.
      how to make a pinhole, 138.
      how it works, 139.
      kinds of, 137, 139.
      magnifying power of, 143.
      Mars through a, 149.
      Mercury through a, 148.
      Moon through a, 144.
      Neptune through a, 149.
      opera glass, 141.
      pinhole, 30.
      planets through a, 148.
      Saturn through a, 149.
      seeing the stars through a, 144.
      of sextant, 84.
      simple, 140.
      stars through a, 149.
      Sun through a, 148.
      Uranus through a, 149.
      Venus through a, 148.
    Telescope lens, mounting for, 140.
    Test for eyesight, Alcor, 11.
    Tides, high and low, 100.
      how the Moon makes, 99.
      spring and neap, 101.
    Time, apparent, 152.
      at different cities, 161.
      by the Moon, telling, 105.
      by the stars, 160.
      central, 160.
      to change star, into solar, 163.
      correct, 161.
        how obtained, 162.
      distributed by telegraph, 161.
        by wireless, 161.
      eastern, 158.
      equation of, 155, 207.
      Greenwich, 86.
      how sent by telegraph, 163.
      how to tell, by the Big Dipper, 12.
      imaginary Sun, 155.
      local, 86, 155.
      marked by the Moon, 151.
        by the Sun, 151.
      mean, 152.
        solar, 154.
      mountain, 160.
      o’ day, 151.
      Pacific, 160.
      railroad, 156.
      standard, 155.
      Sun, 154.
      what is it? 151.
      zone system of standard, 156.
    Time ball, how made and worked, 164.
    Time meridians in United States, standard, 159
    Total eclipse of the Sun, 110.
    Transit of a star, 162.
    Transit instrument, 162.
    Trapezium defined, 20, 21.
    True North Pole, 76.
    Tycho on the Moon, 144.

    Umbra of the Moon, 135.
    Uranus, Herschel’s planet, 47, 53.
      seeing, 53.
      through a telescope, 149.
    Ursa Major, constellation of, 6.
    Ursa Minor, constellation of, 16.

    Vanishing Man in the Moon, 146.
    Variable stars, 205.
    Venus, 47, 61.
      phases of, 50.
      seeing, 50.
      through a telescope, 148.
    Vernal equinox, 178.
    Vertical line defined, 194.
    Vesta, an asteroid, 54.
    Vibrating atoms, 123.
    Vibrations of bell, number of, 125.
    Virgo, the Virgin, 177.
    Volcanoes, how they were made, 91.
      on the Moon, 91.

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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

Sun time, 152.
      how to set, 153.
      imaginary, 155.
    Sword of Orion, 22.

    Tangent defined, 58, 194.
    Taurus, Aldebaran in, 26.
      constellation of, 24, 63, 175.
      of the Egyptians, 26.
    Telescope, 136.
      astronomical, 138.
      with convex lenses, 142.
      defined, 136.
      discovery of, 136.
      equatorial, 188.
      how to make a cheap, 140.
      how to make a pinhole, 138.
      how it works, 139.
      kinds of, 137, 139.
      magnifying power of, 143.
      Mars through a, 149.
      Mercury through a, 148.
      Moon through a, 144.
      Neptune through a, 149.
      opera glass, 141.
      pinhole, 30.
      planets through a, 148.
      Saturn through a, 149.
      seeing the stars through a, 144.
      of sextant, 84.
      simple, 140.
      stars through a, 149.
      Sun through a, 148.
      Uranus through a, 149.
      Venus through a, 148.
    Telescope lens, mounting for, 140.
    Test for eyesight, Alcor, 11.
    Tides, high and low, 100.
      how the Moon makes, 99.
      spring and neap, 101.
    Time, apparent, 152.
      at different cities, 161.
      by the Moon, telling, 105.
      by the stars, 160.
      central, 160.
      to change star, into solar, 163.
      correct, 161.
        how obtained, 162.
      distributed by telegraph, 161.
        by wireless, 161.
      eastern, 158.
      equation of, 155, 207.
      Greenwich, 86.
      how sent by telegraph, 163.
      how to tell, by the Big Dipper, 12.
      imaginary Sun, 155.
      local, 86, 155.
      marked by the Moon, 151.
        by the Sun, 151.
      mean, 152.
        solar, 154.
      mountain, 160.
      o’ day, 151.
      Pacific, 160.
      railroad, 156.
      standard, 155.
      Sun, 154.
      what is it? 151.
      zone system of standard, 156.
    Time ball, how made and worked, 164.
    Time meridians in United States, standard, 159
    Total eclipse of the Sun, 110.
    Transit of a star, 162.
    Transit instrument, 162.
    Trapezium defined, 20, 21.
    True North Pole, 76.
    Tycho on the Moon, 144.

    Umbra of the Moon, 135.
    Uranus, Herschel’s planet, 47, 53.
      seeing, 53.
      through a telescope, 149.
    Ursa Major, constellation of, 6.
    Ursa Minor, constellation of, 16.

    Vanishing Man in the Moon, 146.
    Variable stars, 205.
    Venus, 47, 61.
      phases of, 50.
      seeing, 50.
      through a telescope, 148.
    Vernal equinox, 178.
    Vertical line defined, 194.
    Vesta, an asteroid, 54.
    Vibrating atoms, 123.
    Vibrations of bell, number of, 125.
    Virgo, the Virgin, 177.
    Volcanoes, how they were made, 91.
      on the Moon, 91.

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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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