HANDBOOK OF THE STARS FOR SCHOOL & HOME USE

by Rolfe, W. J.; & Gillet, J. A

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NY:: Potter, Ainsworth & Co.,, [1868]. Hardcover; faded spine ends & cover tips worn; pencil name on front endpaper; otherwise, condition good.. index + 17 plates of constellations. With tissue-guarded color frontispiece, b&w drawings & photos + 17 full-pg. b&w plates of constellations. Constellations; Apparent Motions of Stars; Planets; The Sun & Nature of Sun-Spots; Eclipses; Comets; Zodiacal Light; Meteors (including Sir John Herschel's work]; The Fixed Stars. ||| A 60pp. Appendix covers--Constellations Visible each Month; Stars of First Magnitude; History & Mythology of Constellations; The Southern Heavens; Periodicity of Sun-Spots; Meteors; Parallax of Fixed Stars; The Calendar; Astronomical Tables & Definitions; Dimensions of Solar System & Weight of its Members.