Early Astronomy

Early Astronomy, with 18 books, all published before 1923, includes history and theory, as well as practical information for amateurs/hobbyists.

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Table of Contents

• Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett Serviss, 1909
• Discovery of a World in the Moone or a Discourse Tending to Prove that 'tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World in that Planet by John Wilkins, 1638
• Earths in Our Solar System Which are Called Planets by Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), 1758
• The Future of Astonomy by Edward Pickering, 1909
• Great Astronomers by R.S. Ball, 1895
• Half-Hours With the Telescope, Being a Poppular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction by Richard Proctor, 1873
• History of Astonomy by George Forbes, 1909
• Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination of Professor Percival Lowell's Book "Mars and Its Canals", with an Alternative Explanation by Alfred Russel Wallace, 1907
• Kepler by Walter Bryant, 1920
• The Moon by Thomas Gwyun Elger, 1895
• The New Heavens by George Ellery Hale, 1922
• Other Worlds by Garrett Serviss, 1901
• Recreations in Astronomy, with Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Henry Warren
• Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb, 1903
• Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb, 1906
• Ueber die Schrecklichen Wirkungen des Aufsturzes eines Kometen auf de Erde und ueber die vor fuenftausend Jaren gehabte erscheinung dieser Art by August Heinrich Christoph Gelpke, 1835 (in German)
• The Uses of Astronomy, an oration, by Edward Everett, 1856
• Watchers of the Sky by Alfred Noyes