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The Practical Astronomer

by Thomas Dick

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Epigraph — Part I — On Light
  3. 3Chapter I — General Properties of Light
  4. 4Chapter II — On the Refraction of Light
  5. 5Chapter III — On the Refraction of Light through Spherical Transpar…
  6. 6Chapter IV — On the Reflection of Light
  7. 7Chapter V — Sect. I — On the Colours of Light
  8. 8Part II — On Telescopes
  9. 9Chapter II — Of the Camera Obscura
  10. 10Chapter III — On the Optical Angle, and the Apparent Magnitude of O…
  11. 11Chapter IV — On the Different Kinds of Refracting Telescopes
  12. 12Chapter V — On Reflecting Telescopes
  13. 13Chapter VI — Miscellaneous Remarks in Relation to Telescopes
  14. 14Chapter VII — On the Method of Grinding and Polishing Optical Lense…
  15. 15Part III — On Various Astronomicalinstruments
  16. 16Chapter II — On the Equatorial Telescope, or Portable Observatory
  17. 17Chapter III — On Observatories
  18. 18Chapter IV — On Orreries or Planetariums
  19. 19Appendix
  20. 20Hints to Amateurs in Astronomy Respecting the Construction of Teles…
  21. 21Errata

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