A NEW ASTRONOMY CLASSIC REPRINT

ISBN: 9780266365273 Géneros: PG Sinópsis: Excerpt from A New AstronomyAstronomy is preeminently a science of observation and there is no sufficient reason why it should not be so studied Thereby will be fostered a habit of intellectual alertness which lets nothing slip Six teen years experience in teaching the subject has taught me many lessons that I have endeavored to embody here Earth air and water merely material things are always with us We touch them handle them ascertain their properties and experiment upon their relations Plainly in their study laboratory courses are possible So too is a laboratory course in astronomy without actually journeying to the heavenly bodies for light comes from them in decipherable messages and geometric truth provides the interpretation But the student should learn to connect fundamental principles of astronomy with tangible objects of the common sort somewhat as in physics and chemistry and I have aimed to indicate practically how teachers and pupils of moderate mechanical deftness can themselves make the appa ratus requisite for illustrating many of these principles All of it has been repeatedly constructed and its use should pave the way to better equipment for more advanced studyAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works