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  • Other Worlds Than Ours

    Richard A. Proctor

    Hardcover (Forgotten Books, Nov. 24, 2017)
    Excerpt from Other Worlds Than OursIt will be seen that, on many of the subjects dealt with in this work, I have propounded views which differ from those usually accepted. I have not done this from any love of novelty, nor from any desire to attract attention by bizarre or fanciful the cries. Each of the new views here presented has been the result of a careful study of the subject dealt with, and I have searched as anxiously for considera tions opposed to any novel theory as for arguments in its favor. If others should be more successful than I have been in finding reasons for rejecting any of my views, I shall be ready to abandon them with out rcgret. Ih'ustiamfree fromthatweakness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art 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.
  • Other Worlds Than Ours

    Richard A. Proctor

    Paperback (Kessinger Publishing, LLC, April 10, 2007)
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  • Other worlds than ours

    Richard A Proctor

    Unknown Binding (Appleton, March 15, 1882)
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  • Other Worlds Than Ours

    Richard A. Proctor

    Paperback (Owens Press, March 15, 2007)
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  • Essays on Astronomy: A Series of Papers on Planets and Meteors, the Sun and Sun-Surrounding Space, Stars and Star Cloudlets; And a Dissertation on the ... of the Life and Work of Sir John Herschel

    Richard A. Proctor

    Hardcover (Forgotten Books, Jan. 29, 2018)
    Excerpt from Essays on Astronomy: A Series of Papers on Planets and Meteors, the Sun and Sun-Surrounding Space, Stars and Star Cloudlets; And a Dissertation on the Approaching Transits of Venus, Preceded by Sketch of the Life and Work of Sir John HerschelI have collected into the present volume those essays to which I have had most frequently to refer in other works, and particularly in The Sun and Other Worlds than Ours.' A certain degree of inconvenience is occasioned to readers when references are made to articles published in different serials, and still more when the reference is to essays published in the Pro ceedings of scientific societies. It therefore seemed to me desirable to gather together these scattered papers, and, after submitting them to careful revision, to publish them in a single volume. To this course I was further encouraged by the welcome extended to my Light Science for Leisure Hours,' in which a series of papers covering a somewhat wider range of subjects had been similarly collected.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art 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.
  • The Poetry of Astronomy: A Series of Familiar Essays on the Heavenly Bodies

    Richard A. Proctor

    Paperback (Forgotten Books, July 5, 2017)
    Excerpt from The Poetry of Astronomy: A Series of Familiar Essays on the Heavenly BodiesMany think that science canfiot truly be called science if clothed in poetic garb, and, on the other hand, others seem to fear that a glory must depart from the face of nature if science scrutinise her mysteries too closely. I believe both these fears tobe unfounded that science need not be less exact though poetry underlie its teachings; while, beautiful and glorious though the ordinary aspect of nature may be, a deeper poetry, a more solemn significance, a greater beauty, and a nobler glory can be recognised in the aspect Of nature when science lifts the veil which hides it from the unaided vision. Nay, I believe that no one who studies aright the teachings Of the profoundest students Of nature will fail to perceive that our Galileos, Keplers, and N ewtons, our Priestleys, Faradays, and Tyndalls, have been moved in no small degree by poetic instincts, and that their best scientific work has owed as much to their imagination as to their reasoning and perceptive faculties. And.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art 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.
  • The Poetry of Astronomy: A Series of Familiar Essays on the Heavenly Bodies

    Richard A. Proctor

    Hardcover (Forgotten Books, Feb. 9, 2018)
    Excerpt from The Poetry of Astronomy: A Series of Familiar Essays on the Heavenly BodiesMany think that science canfiot truly be called science if clothed in poetic garb, and, on the other hand, others seem to fear that a glory must depart from the face of nature if science scrutinise her mysteries too closely. I believe both these fears tobe unfounded that science need not be less exact though poetry underlie its teachings; while, beautiful and glorious though the ordinary aspect of nature may be, a deeper poetry, a more solemn significance, a greater beauty, and a nobler glory can be recognised in the aspect Of nature when science lifts the veil which hides it from the unaided vision. Nay, I believe that no one who studies aright the teachings Of the profoundest students Of nature will fail to perceive that our Galileos, Keplers, and N ewtons, our Priestleys, Faradays, and Tyndalls, have been moved in no small degree by poetic instincts, and that their best scientific work has owed as much to their imagination as to their reasoning and perceptive faculties. And.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art 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.
  • Other worlds than ours: the plurality of worlds studied under the light of recent scientific researches

    Richard A. Proctor

    Paperback (University of California Libraries, Jan. 1, 1871)
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