The Resource Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;, essays and addresses by Simon Newcomb ..
Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;, essays and addresses by Simon Newcomb ..
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The item Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;, essays and addresses by Simon Newcomb .. represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, [1] pages, 1 l., 349, [1] pages
- Note
- Largely reprinted from various periodicals
- Contents
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- The unsolved problems of astronomy.--The new problems of the universe.--The structure of the universe.--The extent of the universe.--Making and using a telescope.--What the astronomers are doing.--Life in the universe.--How the planets are weighed.--The mariner's compass.--The fairyland of geometry.--The organization of scientific research.--Can we make it rain?--The astronomical ephemeris and nautical almanac.--The world's debt to astronomy.--An astronomical friendship.--The evolution of the scientific investigator.--The evolution of astronomical knowledge.--Aspects of American astronomy.--The universe as an organism.--The relation of scientific method to social progress.--The outlook for the flying-machine
- Label
- Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;
- Title
- Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;
- Statement of responsibility
- essays and addresses by Simon Newcomb ..
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC/ICU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1835-1909
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Newcomb, Simon
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QB51
- LC item number
- .N56
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Astronomy
- Compass
- Hyperspace
- Learning and scholarship
- Rain-making
- Flying-machines
- Label
- Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;, essays and addresses by Simon Newcomb ..
- Link
- Note
- Largely reprinted from various periodicals
- Contents
- The unsolved problems of astronomy.--The new problems of the universe.--The structure of the universe.--The extent of the universe.--Making and using a telescope.--What the astronomers are doing.--Life in the universe.--How the planets are weighed.--The mariner's compass.--The fairyland of geometry.--The organization of scientific research.--Can we make it rain?--The astronomical ephemeris and nautical almanac.--The world's debt to astronomy.--An astronomical friendship.--The evolution of the scientific investigator.--The evolution of astronomical knowledge.--Aspects of American astronomy.--The universe as an organism.--The relation of scientific method to social progress.--The outlook for the flying-machine
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, [1] pages, 1 l., 349, [1] pages
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- frontispiece (port.) illustrations, plates.)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;, essays and addresses by Simon Newcomb ..
- Link
- Note
- Largely reprinted from various periodicals
- Contents
- The unsolved problems of astronomy.--The new problems of the universe.--The structure of the universe.--The extent of the universe.--Making and using a telescope.--What the astronomers are doing.--Life in the universe.--How the planets are weighed.--The mariner's compass.--The fairyland of geometry.--The organization of scientific research.--Can we make it rain?--The astronomical ephemeris and nautical almanac.--The world's debt to astronomy.--An astronomical friendship.--The evolution of the scientific investigator.--The evolution of astronomical knowledge.--Aspects of American astronomy.--The universe as an organism.--The relation of scientific method to social progress.--The outlook for the flying-machine
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, [1] pages, 1 l., 349, [1] pages
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- frontispiece (port.) illustrations, plates.)
- Specific material designation
- remote
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