Astronomy

Автор: George F. Chambers, F.R.A.S.
Издательство: New York, D. Van Nostrand Company Twenty-Five Park Place
Страниц: 514
Год: 1910
Размер: 16,2 МБ

PREFACE

This volume is not a formal treatise on Astronomy, nor is it a mere educational text-book ; but the idea which underlies it may be realised from the following considerations. An extended experience as an astronomical writer, and likewise lecturer on the science, coupled with much intercommunication with many of its votaries in divers walks of life and places, including colonies and foreign countries, has led me to notice the remarkable spread of late years all over the world of a taste for Astronomy. Some recent eclipses of the Sun, and especially some recent comets, have had a good deal to do with this, especially Halley's Comet of 1910. I have often been struck by the frequent requests for information on astronomical topics from all sorts of people, the majority of whom, I fancy, would have resented a suggestion that they should sit down and seriously study text-books on the subject. These are the people whom I want to get hold of through this volume…