The Adolfo Stahl lectures in astronomy delivered in San Francisco, California, in 1916-17 and 1917-18 by Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Published in 1919, Printed for the Society by the Stanford University Press (San Francisco) The Adolfo Stahl lectures in astronomy Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Change Cover Read Online works: The Adolfo Stahl lectures in astronomy By statement: under the auspices of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Source records: Internet Archive: adolfostahllectu00astrrich Pagination: xiv, 257 p. LCCN: 19007934 LC: QB51 .A8 OCLC: 2454183 Subject: Astronomy

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	The solar system, by W. W. Campbell.
	What we know about comets, by W. W. Campbell.
	A total eclipse of the sun, by R. G. Aitken.
	The moon, by R. G. Aitken.
	The nebulae, by H.D. Curtis.
	Astronomical discovery, by H. D. Curtis.
	The important epochs in the development of astronomy, by R. T. Crawford.
	Our nearest star, the sun, by C. E. St. John.
	News from the stars, by R. G. Aitken.
	Recent progress in the study of the motions of bodies in the solar system, by A. O. Leuschner.
	The brightness of the stars, their distribution, colors, and motions, by F. H. Seares.
	The 100-inch reflecting telescope, Mount Wilson