Essays in astronomy Published in 1900, D. Appleton & company (New York) Essays in astronomy by Ball, Harkness, Herschel, Huggins, Laplace, Mitchel, Proctor, Schiaparelli, and others, with a critical introduction by Edward Singleton Holden ... Change Cover Read Online By statement: by Ball, Harkness, Herschel, Huggins, Laplace, Mitchel, Proctor, Schiaparelli, and others, with a critical introduction by Edward Singleton Holden ... Series: The world's great books, World's great books Edition: [Aldine ed.]. Pagination: 1 p.l., xxi, 536 p. LCCN: 00004435 LC: QB51 .E7 Subject: Astronomy.

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	Ball, Sir R.S. Atoms and sunbeams.
	Ball, Sir R.S. Wanderings of the North pole.
	Thomson, Sir W. Age of the sun's heat.
	Proctor, R.A. Past and future of our earth.
	Proctor, R.A. New theory of life in other worlds.
	Woodward, R.S. Mathematical theories of the earth.
	Schiaparelli, G.V. Rotation and physical constitution of the planet Mercury.
	Schiaparelli, G.V. Planet Mars.
	Darwin, G.H. Meteorites and stellar systems.
	Harkness, W. Magnitude of the solar system.
	Mitchel, O.M. Stability of the solar system.
	Ledger, E. The new planet, Eros.
	Holden, E.S. Sidereal astronomy: old and new.
	Holden, E.S. Photography the servant of astronomy.
	Holden, E.S. Beginnings of American astronomy.
	Herschel, Sir J.F.W. Stellar parallax.
	Hastings, C.S. History of the telescope.
	Huggins, W. Results of spectrum analysis applied to heavenly bodies.
	Huggins, W. Celestial spectroscopy.
	Huggins, W. New astronomy.
	Gill, D. An astronomer's work in a modern observatory.
	Laplace, P.S. System of the world
	The nebular hypothesis.
	Searle, G.M. Are the planets habitable?