Half-hours with the Telescope
Being a popular guide to the use of the telescope
as a means of amusement and instruction.
With Illustrations on Stone and Wood.
by Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S.
Author of "Saturn and its System," Etc.
1873
An undevout astronomer is mad:
True, all things speak a God; but, in the small
Men trace out Him: in great He seizes man.
Young
Contents
- Frontispiece
- Preface.
- Description of Plates.
- Chapter I. A Half-Hour on the Structure of the Telescope.
- Chapter II. A Half-Hour with Orion, Lepus Taurus, Etc.
- Chapter III. A Half-Hour with Lyra, Hercules, Corvus, Crater, Etc.
- Chapter IV. A Half-Hour with Bootes, Scorpio, Ophiuchus, Etc.
- Chapter V. A Half-Hour with Andromeda, Cygnus, Etc.
- Chapter VI. Half-Hours with the Planets.
- Chapter VII. Half-Hours with the Sun and Moon.
- Footnotes
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