George Frederick Chambers
A Handbook of descriptive and practical Astronomy 1889: The sun, planets, and comets
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This book was published in 1889. it intends to illustrate The sun, planets, and comets in the perspective of Astronomy.An excerpt from the author's introduction:Astronomy is not cultivated in this country, either as a study or as recreation, to the extent that it is on the Continent of Europe and in America. And there is a lack of works in the English language which are at one and the same time attractive to the general reader, serviceable to the student, and handy, for purposes of reference, to the professional Astronomer ; in fact, of works which are popular without being vapid, and scientific without being unduly technical. The foregoing observations will serve to indicate why this book has been written. Its aim, curtly expressed, is, general usefulness. Preferring facts to fancies, I have endeavored to avoid all those mischievous speculations on matters belonging to the domain of Recondite Wisdom, which has within the last few years borne such pernicious yet natural fruits.
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