Outlines of Astronomy (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction; Part I: 1. General notions; 2. Terminology and elementary geometrical conceptions and relations; 3. Of the nature of astronomical instruments and observations in general; 4. Of geography; 5. Of Uranography; 6. Of the Sun's motion; 7. Of the moon; 8. Of terrestrial gravity; 9. Of the solar system; 10. Of the satellites; 11. Of comets; Part II. Of the Planetary Perturbations: 12. Subject propounded; 13. Theory of the axes, perihelia, and excentricities; 14. Of the inequalities independent of the excentricities; Part III. Of Sidereal Astronomy: 15. Of the fixed stars; 16. Variable and periodical stars; 17. Of clusters of stars and nebulae; Part IV. Of the account of time: 18. Natural unites of time; Appendix; Index.