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The impression is quite common that satisfactory views of the heavenly bodies can be obtained only with very large telescopes, and that the owner of a small one must stand at a great disadvantage alongside of the fortunate possessor of a great one. This is not true to the extent commonly supposed. Sir William Herschel would have been delighted to view the moon through what we should now consider a very modest instrument; and there are some objects, especially the moon, which commonly present a more pleasing aspect through a small telescope than through a large one. ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III CONSTELLATION AND STAR NAMES Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad. now glowed the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest.—Milton. IT is strongly recommended to the reader to study the constellations for himself. If he desires to feel all the sublimity associated with them, he must not be satisfied with the hurried glance or occasional survey to which one commonly confines himself in his evening walk. What he should do is, on a clear and moonless summer evening, to escape from his usual surroundings, and go to a place, whether field or housetop, where there is nothing to obstruct his vision, or disturb the current of his thoughts. There he must recline on his back, so as to take in as much as possible of the starry vault at one view. One doing this for the first time will be surprised at the magnificence of the spectacle. As he looks upon the " universal frame " and reflects that it has stood as he now sees it through ages compared with which the whole period of human history is but a fleetingmoment, the mind will be filled with a consciousness of infinity and eternity which never before entered it. Other sights become stale from custom, but this can never lose its relish. It can be enjoyed without knowing the name of a constellation, but is more impressive when one reflects that the eyes of man have gazed upon and studied it ever since our race appeared on earth.In ancient times the practice was adopted of imagining the figures of heroes and animals to be so outlined in the heavens as to include in each figure a large group of the brighter stars. In a few cases some vague resemblance may be traced between the configurations of the stars and the features of the ob... ... Read more

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Simon Newcomb (1835-1903) was an astronomer and mathematician remembered for his work in recalculating the major astronomical constants to a new international standard. He was a founding member of the American Astronomical Society and became its first president in 1899. Although Newcomb's mathematical work is well known, this autobiography, first published in 1903, focuses on his achievements and work as an astronomer. In it he provides an account of his scientific research with comments on his approach, which together with his descriptions of scientific discoveries and collaborations occurring in Washington DCshow the variety of scientific research being conducted in the United States in the late nineteenth century. His detailed descriptions of how telescopes were used, together with accounts of his experience of working conditions in various observatories, provide valuable insights into astronomical research methods in the late nineteenth century. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 - July 11, 1909) was a Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician. Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as writing on economics and statistics and authoring a science fiction novel. Simon Newcomb was born in the town of Wallace, Nova Scotia. His parents were Emily Prince, the daughter of a New Brunswick magistrate, and itinerant school teacher John Burton Newcomb. John moved around teaching in different parts of Canada, particularly in different villages in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Newcomb seems to have had little conventional schooling other than from his father and from a short apprenticeship to Dr. Foshay, a charlatan herbalist, in New Brunswick in 1851. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Jean-Marie Déguignet, Thomas Edison, Vangelis, Pierre Périaux, Maxime Rodinson, Simon Newcomb, Michel Montignac, Jehan-Rictus, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Clémence Royer, Jean-Baptiste Schacre, Auguste Badin, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Ted Turner, Adrien Pasquier, Michel Loeb, Pierre Adrien Graillon, Robert Garcet, Philippe Deschepper. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Thomas Edison (Thomas Alva Edison) (11 février 1847 à Milan Ohio - 18 octobre 1931 à West Orange, New Jersey), fondateur de General Electric, l'un des premiers empires industriels mondiaux, est reconnu comme l'un des inventeurs américains les plus importants et les plus prolifiques, revendiquant le nombre record de 1093 brevets. Pionnier de l'électricité, diffuseur, vulgarisateur et perfectionneur de technologies d'avant-garde, . Il est parfois surnommé le magicien de Menlo Park, ville rebaptisée en son honneur en 1954. Il naît le 11 février 1847 à Milan dans l'Ohio. Fils de Samuel Edison, touche-à-tout, brocanteur, épicier, agent immobilier, charpentier, etc. Canadien d'origine néerlandaise et de Nancy Elliot Edison, ancienne institutrice canadienne d'origine écossaise. Il est cadet d'une famille modeste de sept enfants. En 1853, alors qu'il est âgé de 7 ans, sa famille s'installe à Port Huron dans le Michigan. Son professeur, le révérend Engle, le considère alors rapidement comme un hyperactif stupide car il est trop curieux, pose trop de questions et n'apprend pas rapidement. Après 3 mois de cours, sa mère offusquée décide de lui faire l'école elle-même. Il complète ensuite sa formation de base en parfait autodidacte en dévorant tous les livres de science de sa mère. Thomas Edison enfant En 1857, âgé de 10 ans...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Charles Tupper, Anne Murray, Simon Newcomb, Cyrus S. Eaton, Rocky Johnson, Charles Aubrey Eaton, Willard Boyle, James Ralston, Bill Casey, Charles James Townshend, John Mattatall, Alex Colville, Charles Hibbert Tupper, Edgar Nelson Rhodes, James Pearson Newcomb, Jonathan Mccully, Robert Coates, William Thomas Pipes, Robert B. Dickey, Norman Mackenzie, Charlie Rhindress, Edward Barron Chandler, John Bragg, Sandy Goss, Bill Riley, Irvin William Akerley, Thomas Reuben Black, Bill O'donnell, Brian Skabar, Peter Myles, Lorne Clarke, Edward Vickery, Alexander Macfarlane, William Black, Earl Wallace Urquhart, Charles Baker, Stan Jackson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC (July 2, 1821 October 30, 1915) was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He later went on to serve as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, sworn in to office on May 1, 1896, seven days after parliament had been dissolved. He would go on to lose the June 23 election, resigning on July 8, 1896. His 68-day term as prime mininster is currently the shortest in Canadian history. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1821, Tupper was trained as a physician and practiced medicine periodically throughout his political career (and served as the first president of the Canadian Medical Association). He entered Nova Scotian politics in 1855 as a protege of James William Johnston. During Johnston's tenure as premier of Nova Scotia in 1857-59 and 186364, Tupper served as provincial secretary. Tupper replaced Johnston as premier in 1864. As premier, Tupper established public education in Nova Scotia. He also worked to expand Nova Scotia's railway network in order to pro...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5981 ... Read more

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Chapters: William Herschel, Herbert Dingle, John Thomas Romney Robinson, Simon Newcomb, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Edwin Dunkin, William Wales, Hermann Bondi, Chandra Wickramasinghe, John Goodricke, Peter A. Sturrock, David Gill, Edward Robert Harrison, Timothy Sumner, Samuel Molyneux, Martyn J. Fogg, Colin Pillinger, Colin Ronan, Williamina Fleming, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Robert Hanbury Brown, Warren de La Rue, James Maurice Wilson, Simon White, Clive Ruggles, James Ferguson, Richard Ellis, Heather Couper, Ray Norris, William Samson, Roger Clifton Jennison, Robert Wilson, Richard Q. Twiss, Martin Mobberley, Thomas William Webb, William Allen Miller, Tom Boles, Adolph Friedrich Lindemann, Robert Boyd, David Malin, Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, Simon Mitton, Brian G. Marsden, Andrew Lyne, Robert Fosbury, Glenn White, Ian P. Griffin, Annie Scott Dill Maunder, John Gatenby Bolton, William Petrie, Arnold Wolfendale, William Christie, Percy B. Molesworth, Andrew Fabian, Nik Szymanek, Axel Firsoff, Thomas Hornsby, George Efstathiou, Herbert Hall Turner, Agnes Giberne, Leon Mestel, Ewen Whitaker, James South, Roger Blandford, Philip Herbert Cowell, John Carroll, William Michael Herbert Greaves, Francis Graham-Smith, Andrew Claude de La Cherois Crommelin, John E. Baldwin, Alexander Stewart Herschel, Ralph Allen Sampson, Robert Stawell Ball, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Annette Ferguson, Bertrand Meigh Peek, David J. Asher, William Frederick Denning, Mark Armstrong, Charles Green, Keith Mason, William Herbert Steavenson, Dave Green, David Hughes, Joseph Woolley, James Carpenter, Robert D'escourt Atkinson, Julia Riley, Frederick James Hargreaves, Marek Kukula, Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Michael Garrett, George Mitchell Seabroke, Jan Kleyna, Elizabeth Alexander, F. Richard Stephenson, Nial Tanvir, William Sadler Franks, F. J. M. Stratton, Roger Tayler, Manuel John Johnson, Claire Armstrong, Andrew R. Liddle, Joseph Gledhi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=33971 ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Simon Newcomb, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thomson Gale. The length of the entry is 3075 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Chapters: Benjamin Disraeli, James Lovelock, Rupert Sheldrake, Robert Erskine Childers, Simon Newcomb, Ludovic Kennedy, Andy Mcnab, Michael Asher, Jillian Becker, Seumas Milne, David Woodward, Graham Hancock, Joy Adamson, Simon Kitson, Harry Buxton Forman, Stuart Milner-Barry, Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, Richard Larn, Fitzroy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, Karen Armstrong, Ingrid Pitt, Dave Courtney, Ben Schott, Jo Riley, Don Mccullin, Russell Ash, Colin Skinner, Hugh Macdiarmid, Rageh Omaar, Krishna Dharma, Chris Ryan, Clement Mansfield Ingleby, John Hemming, John Simpson, Allan Chappelow, Benjamin Ward Richardson, Eric Blom, John Cornwell, Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet, Anatol Lieven, Leo Ruickbie, Ron Hill, Ian Mckay, Hamish Brown, John Woodroffe, John Ramsay Mcculloch, George Egerton, Patrick Dixon, Robert C. Priddy, Alexandra Tolstoy, George Adamson, Alex Comfort, Lucinda Lambton, Simon Digby, Bernard Mayes, Pat Reid, David Crystal, Andrew Ure, Ignatius Valentine Chirol, Tracey Cox, Robert Twigger, Richard Hoggart, Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Alex de Waal, Philip Heselton, Gerald Brenan, Linda Ruth Williams, David Pritchard, Simon Anholt, Monica Dickens, Steven Poole, Geoffrey Ahern, Sandra Gregory, Frederic Lamond, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Marina Warner, William Tebb, Clare Mulley, Jon Atack, Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, Andrew Mango, Cameron Mcneish, Vincent Cronin, Adam Nicolson, Kevin Gournay, Philip A. Haigh, Nick Redfern, Eric Partridge, Ernest Gowers, W. Andrew Robinson, Simon Winchester, C.h. Latimer-Needham, Errol Fuller, Chris Morris, David Peppercorn, Gordon Honeycombe, Peter Russell, Adam Phillips, Tim Parks, Martin Postle, Russell Miller, Ernest Hanbury Hankin, Duncan Falconer, Thomas Rayner Dawson, Harry Golombek, James Plaskett, Denis Gifford, Alfred Barnard, David Caute, Caspar Henderson, Joel Mciver, Chris Knight, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Margaret Anstee, Alfred Percy Sinnett, Donald Black, Terry Sanderson...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3875 ... Read more

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