The Moon: A Popular TreatiseServiss, Garrett Putman
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The Moon: A Popular Treatise
Serviss, Garrett Putman
Moon
Their Nature, Possibilities, and Habitability in the Light of the Latest
Discoveries. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.20 net; postage, 11 cents
additional.
This book presents the very latest conclusions in regard to the nature
and the habitability of the other planets. It is written in popular
style, and, at the same time, is scientifically accurate in its
statements. It is a convenient handbook of information concerning the
solar system, but by no means a dry, scientific treatise on the subject.
It might be said to resemble Proctor’s celebrated “Other Worlds than
Ours” brought up to date. The last chapter, on “How to Find the
Planets,” is unique and should prove very useful.
=Pleasures of the Telescope.=
A Descriptive Guide for Amateur Astronomers and all Lovers of the Stars.
Illustrated with charts of the heavens and with drawings of the planets
and charts of the moon. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50.
“This is a book which will give intense pleasure to everyone who
uses it and follows its clear instructions.”—_Louisville
Courier-Journal._
“Every person of culture should possess at least a passing
acquaintance with the planets, stars, and constellations. With a
little patience and comparatively small effort Mr. Serviss’s new
book will enable anyone to obtain this knowledge.”—_Los Angeles
Herald._
=Astronomy with an Opera-Glass.=
A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the
Simplest of Optical Instruments. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50.
“We are glad to welcome this popular introduction to the study
of the heavens.... There could hardly be a more pleasant road to
astronomical knowledge than it affords.... A child may
understand the text, which reads more like a collection of
anecdotes than anything else, but this does not mar its
scientific value.”—_Nature._
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
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=BOOKS ON ASTRONOMY.=
=Popular Astronomy.=
A General Description of the Heavens. By CAMILLE FLAMMARION. Translated
from the French by J. Ellard Gore, F.R.A.S. New Revised Edition. With 3
Plates and 288 Illustrations. 8vo. Cloth, $4.50.
The author is the most popular scientific writer in France, and
the present work was considered of such merit that the Montyon
Prize of the French Academy was awarded to it. The subject is
treated in a very popular style, and the work is at the same
time interesting and reliable. The work has been newly revised
throughout and an appendix added, showing all the important
advances made in astronomy up to the year 1907.
=The Earth’s Beginning.=
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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