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Side-Lights on Astronomy

by Simon Newcomb

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2I — The Unsolved Problems of Astronomy
  3. 3II — The New Problems of the Universe
  4. 4III — The Structure of the Universe
  5. 5IV — The Extent of the Universe
  6. 6V — Making and Using a Telescope
  7. 7VI — What the Astronomers Are Doing
  8. 8VII — Life in the Universe
  9. 9VIII — How the Planets Are Weighed
  10. 10IX — The Mariner’s Compass
  11. 11X — The Fairyland of Geometry
  12. 12XI — The Organization of Scientific Research
  13. 13XII — Can We Make It Rain?
  14. 14XIII — The Astronomical Ephemeris and the Nautical Almanac
  15. 15XIV — The World’s Debt to Astronomy
  16. 16XV — An Astronomical Friendship
  17. 17XVI — The Evolution of the Scientific Investigator
  18. 18XVII — The Evolution of Astronomical Knowledge
  19. 19XVIII — Aspects of American Astronomy
  20. 20XIX — The Universe as an Organism
  21. 21XX — The Relation of Scientific Method to Social Progress
  22. 22XXI — The Outlook for the Flying-Machine

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