Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings

This edition has images. LoC No.: 04003496 Title: Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings Contents: The telescope, its intention and the development of its powers -- Relative merits of large and small telescopes -- Notes on telescopes and their accessories -- Notes on telescopic work -- The sun -- The moon -- Mercury -- Venus -- Mars -- The planetoids -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus and Neptune -- Comets and comet-seeking -- Meteors and meteoric observations -- The stars -- Nebulæ and...