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A best-seller for decades, this classic 1861 work was an indispensable guide for the Victorian amateur astronomer.
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This handbook by George Frederick Chambers (1841–1915), a young and enthusiastic amateur astronomer, became a best-seller soon after its publication in 1861. An indispensable guide, it was one of the most widely read astronomical books of the nineteenth century and is a classic of Victorian writing on popular astronomy.
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Book I. A Sketch of the Solar System: 1. The sun; 2. The planets; 3. Vulcan; 4. Mercury; 5. Venus; 6. The earth; 7. The moon; 8. Mars; 9. The minor planets; 10. Jupiter; 11. Saturn; 12. Uranus; 13. Neptune; Book II. Eclipses and their Associated Phenomena: 1. General outlines; 2. Eclipses of the sun; 3. The total eclipse of the sun of July 28, 1851; 4. The annular eclipse of the sun of March 14–15, 1858; 5. The total eclipse of the sun of July 18, 1860; 6. Historical notices; 7. Eclipses of the moon; 8. Suggestions for observing annular eclipses of the sun; 9. Transits of the inferior planets; 10. Occultations; Book III. The Tides: 1. Introduction; 2. Local disturbing influences; Book IV. Miscellaneous Astronomical Phenomena: 1. Variation in the obliquity of the ecliptic; 2. Aberration; 3. Refraction; Book V. Comets: 1. General remarks; 2. Periodic comets; 3. Remarkable comets; 4. Cometary statistics; 5. Historical notices; Book VI. Chronological Astronomy: 1. What time is; 2. Hours; 3. Means of measuring time; 4. The Dominical or Sunday letter; 5. Tables for the conversion of time; Book VII. The Starry Heavens: 1. The Pole-Star; 2. Double stars; 3. Variable stars; 4. Clusters and nebulae; 5. The Milky Way; 6. The constellations; Book VIII. Astronomical Instruments: 1. Telescopes; 2. Telescope stands; 3. The equatorial; 4. The transit instrument; 5. Other astronomical instruments; 6. History of the telescope; Book IX. A Sketch of the History of Astronomy; Book X. Meteoric Astronomy: 1. Classification of the subject; 2. The origin of aërolites; 3. Shooting stars; Appendices; Index.
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