The uses of astronomy: An oration delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856

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Camille Flammarion’s Astronomy for Amateurs is a concise, twelve‑chapter guide that opens with a lyrical…

Myths and Marvels of Astronomy

Richard A. Proctor

Richard A. Proctor’s Myths and Marvels of Astronomy is a Victorian‑era popular‑science collection that…

The Story of the Heavens

Robert S. Ball

The work is a nineteenth‑century scientific treatise that opens with a detailed illustration of a total solar…

Astronomy for beginners

Hereward Carrington

Hereward Carrington’s Astronomy for Beginners is a concise survey of the most significant discoveries in…

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Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary); Fowler, A. (Alfred); Gore, J. Ellard

The work is a collaborative survey of astronomy, divided into four sections that together map the discipline…

Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1

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