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SIDE-LIGHTS ON ASTRONOMY
AND KINDRED FIELDS OF POPULAR SCIENCE
ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES
BY SIMON NEWCOMB
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. THE UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF ASTRONOMY
II. THE NEW PROBLEMS OF THE UNIVERSE
III. THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
IV. THE EXTENT OF THE UNIVERSE
V. MAKING AND USING A TELESCOPE
VI. WHAT THE ASTRONOMERS ARE DOING
VII. LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
VIII. HOW THE PLANETS ARE WEIGHED
IX. THE MARINER'S COMPASS
X. THE FAIRYLAND OF GEOMETRY
XI. THE ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
XII. CAN WE MAKE IT RAIN?
XIII. THE ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS AND NAUTICAL ALMANAC
XIV. THE WORLD'S DEBT TO ASTRONOMY
XV. AN ASTRONOMICAL FRIENDSHIP
XVI. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATOR
XVII.
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