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Institute of Technology in December 1902. 1903........523 L95
Contents: Our solar system.-Mercury.-Mars.-Saturn and its system.
-Jupiter and his comets.-Cosmogony.

Brief summary of present knowledge and theories.

Contains numerous

diagrams and considerable mathematics, which may, however, be
omitted by general readers.

Maunder, Edward Walter.

Astronomy without a telescope.

1902..

523 M49 A trustworthy guide, which directs attention to the many interesting observations which can be made with the unassisted human eye, and especially to those for which it is the only suitable means.

Müller, Johann Heinrich Jakob.

Lehrbuch der kosmischen physik. 1856. (Müller-Pouillet's
Lehrbuch der physik und meteorologie, v.3.)............523 M95
Contents: Bewegungserscheinungen der himmelskörper und ihre
mechanische erklärung.-Kosmische und atmosphärische lichter-
scheinungen. Die calorischen erscheinungen auf der erdoberfläche
und in der atmosphäre.-Die elektrischen und magnetischen erschei-
nungen auf der erdoberfläche.

Serviss, Garrett Putnam.

Pleasures of the telescope; an illustrated guide for ama-
teur astronomers, and a popular description of the chief
wonders of the heavens for general readers. 1901......523 S49p
Especially intended for use with small telescopes. Numerous maps.

Clerke, Agnes Mary.

Modern cosmogonies.

The universe

1905...

523.1 C57

Most of the chapters in this book appeared in "Knowledge."
Popular account of the structure of the universe, intended to enable
general readers to follow the course of modern theories concerning
the origin of the world.

Brewster, Sir David.

More worlds than one; the creed of the philosopher and
the hope of the Christian. 1854....

Wallace, Alfred Russel.

.г523.13 B73

Man's place in the universe; a study of the results of scien-
tific research in relation to the unity or plurality of
worlds. 1903.....
..523.13 W17
Gives the evidence upon which the author bases the conclusions "that
no other planet in the solar system than our earth is inhabited or
habitable," "that the probabilities are almost as great against any other
sun possessing inhabited planets," and "that the nearly central posi-
tion of our sun is probably a permanent one, and has been specially
favourable, perhaps absolutely essential, to life-development on the
earth."

"Should be read by all those interested in such a speculation, for specu-
lation at the present time it can only be, and much valuable information
may be learnt about the various subjects which the author has had
to deal with in his broad survey." Nature, 1904.

[Whewell, William.]

The plurality of worlds, with an introduction by Edward
Hitchcock. 1854..

Mendeléeff, Dmitri.

...

.523.13 W62

.523.15 M61

An attempt towards a chemical conception of the ether; tr.
fr. the Russian by George Kamensky. 1904..
Binder's title reads "A chemical conception of the ether."
Concludes that the ether is a light gas, possessing weight and substance,
but of such extreme tenuity as to be all-penetrating.

Sun. Moon. Comets

Pickering, William Henry.

The moon; a summary of the existing knowledge of our satellite, with a complete photographic atlas. 1903...qr523.3 P54 Lynn, William Thynne.

Remarkable comets; a brief survey of the most interesting

facts in the history of cometary astronomy. 1902.......523.6 L99 Author is a successful writer of brief, easily understood monographs on astronomical subjects.

Proctor, Richard Anthony.

The sun; ruler, fire, light and life of the planetary system.

1871...

Langley, Samuel Pierpont.

.1523.7 P96

The 1900 solar eclipse expedition of the Astrophysical

observatory of the Smithsonian Institution. 1904...qr523.78 L25
Published by the Smithsonian Institution.

Illustrated account of methods of observation used and of the general
results obtained.

Stars

Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Contributions to stellar statistics, no.1.

1904. (Carnegie · Institution of Washington. Publication no.10.)....qr523.85 C21 no. I. On the position of the galactic and other principal planes toward which the stars tend to climb, by Simon Newcomb.

Cottam, Arthur.

Charts of the constellations from the North pole to be

tween 35 and 40 degrees of south declination. 1891..qr523.89 C83 Furness, Caroline Ellen.

Catalogue of stars within two degrees of the North pole;
deduced from photographic measures made at Vassar
College observatory. 1905. (Carnegie Institution of
Washington. Publication no.45.)....

Heath, Thomas Edward.

.qr523.89 F99

Our stellar universe; a road-book to the stars. 1905..9523.89 H380 Elementary manual of astronomy, containing maps drawn to a scale of the author's invention which gives a specially clear idea of the relative size and distance of the stars.

Stereoscopic views of the stars, intended as an aid in their identification. Our stellar universe; six stereograms of sun and stars.

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Manual of tides. pt.1-4A. (In United States-Coast and
geodetic survey. Report of the superintendent, 1897,
p.319-618; 1894, p.125-262; 1900, p.535-699.).....
Contents: Introduction and historical treatment of the subject.-Tidal

qr526 U25

observation, equilibrium theory and the harmonic analysis.-Some con-
nection between harmonic and nonharmonic quantities, including ap-
plications to the reduction and prediction of tides.-Outlines of tidal
theory.

Wheeler, William Henry.

Practical manual of tides and waves.

1906....

525.6 W61

"List of books, papers, reports and pamphlets relating to tides and waves
consulted in the preparation of this book," p.[175]-181.
Author is a civil engineer whose practice has been largely concerned
with works on the sea coast and tidal rivers. He attempts to give
a practical account, free from mathematical demonstration, of the
production of the tides, the factors affecting them after generation and
of their propagation.

Tide tables for [calendar] year 1905-date. 1904-date.

States-Coast and geodetic survey.).

For earlier tables see preceding catalogue.

Schott, Charles Anthony.

526 Geodesy

(United

..qr525.69 T44

Eastern oblique arc of the United States and osculating spheroid. 1902. (United States - Coast and geodetic survey. Special publications, no.7.)......

Latest determination of the dimensions of the earth (1902).

..qr526.15 $37

United States-Hydrographic office. Azimuths of celestial bodies, whose declinations range. from 24° to 70°, for parallels of latitude extending to 70° from the equator, prepared by G. W. Littlehales [and others]. 1902. ([Publications], no.120.)......qr526.63 U25 Morrison, Gabriel James.

Maps, their uses and construction; a treatise on the advantages and defects of maps on various projections, followed by an outline of the principles involved in their construction. 1902....

....526.8 Mgi

Intended as a general explanation of the various projections and as an
elementary text-book. Brief and simple.

Surveying

International (Water) Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, 1896-1903.

Proceedings of the International (Water) Boundary Com-
mission, United States and Mexico, treaties of 1884
and 1889; equitable distribution of the waters of the
Rio Grande. 2v. 1903. (United States—State depart-
ment.) ....
.qr526.9 124p

This commission was organized under treaty of March 1, 1889.
This report refers principally to the equitable distribution of the waters
of the Rio Grande and Colorado rivers, the work in this regard de-
volving on the commission by the protocol between the United States
and Mexico, based on the resolution of Congress which provided for
investigations to determine the feasibility of constructing an inter-
national dam on the Rio Grande at El Paso, Tex., for the use of
citizens of both countries.

Nugent, Paul Cook.

Plane surveying; a text and reference book for the use of

students in engineering, and for engineers generally.

1902

Treats chiefly of surveys of small areas on large scales.

526.9 N49 Includes sec

tions on topographic, hydrographic and mine surveying.
"Chief value is its clear and concise descriptions of instruments,
methods and adjustments, the equally good treatment of the mathe-
matics and theorems involved and the recognition...of what may be
called the best American practice." Engineering and mining journal,
1902.

Noble, Alfred, & Casgrain, W. T. comp.

Tables for obtaining horizontal distances and difference of level from stadia readings. 1902.....

....г526.91 N38

[Budge, John.] Practical miners' own book and guide, comprising a set of trigonometrical tables adapted to all purposes of mining surveying; also a treatise on the art and practice of assaying silver, copper, lead and tin; the whole introduced and exemplified by Job Atkins. 1860......г526.99 B85 Frye, Albert I.

Railway right-of-way surveying.

1904..

.526.99 F97

"Very valuable for any engineer who has the work on hand of making a new survey to define the right-of-way boundaries, alinements, gradients, etc., of an old line whose records were inadequately prepared in the first place...have been lost or improperly kept, or where the increased importance and value of the right-of-way render necessary much fuller and more definite records and monuments than were originally required." W. D. Taylor, in Engineering news, 1904. Lea, Samuel Hill.

Hydrographic surveying; methods, tables and forms of notes. 1905....

Concise and thoroughly practical treatment of modern methods. Scott, Dunbar D. and others.

526.99 L44

Evolution of mine-surveying instruments; comprising the original paper of Mr Scott on the subject, together with the discussion thereof and independent contributions. 1902 ....

.526.99 $42

Reprinted from the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers, v.28-31.

Deals with their history from the earliest time to the date of publication,
describing and illustrating the various forms which have been made.

Bowditch, Nathaniel.

527 Navigation

American practical navigator; an epitome of navigation
and nautical astronomy; revised in 1880 by P. H.
Cooper, and in 1903 by G. W. Logan. 1903. (United
States-Hydrographic office.)..
Compendium of information for navigators.

...

..qr527 B66 It contains explanations

of all the ordinary methods of determining the ship's position at sea,
together with all the tables necessary for using them; also descriptions
of instruments used in navigation, methods of making hydrographic
surveys, charts, etc.

Navigation. 2v. 1902. (International library of technology,

v.28-29.).

527 N16

Navigation.-Ocean meteorology.-Rules of the road.—Nautical

V.I.

tables.

V.2. Lake navigation.-Nautical astronomy.

The same.. . . . .

Correspondence school course.

г527 N16

529 Chronology

Jordan, William Leighton.

Astronomical and historical chronology in the battle of the centuries. 1904..

.529 J42

Chief object is to contend that the astronomical method of dating events
prior to the Christian era is superior to that in ordinary use. Dis-
cusses the history of our chronological system.

Plunket, Emmeline Mary.

Ancient calendars and constellations.

1903..

529.3 P72

"Series of papers read before the Society of Biblical Archæology, having
for their common aim the development of a peculiar theory with re-
gard to the initial point of most ancient calendars, and the date of
its adoption." Academy, 1903.

Allen, William Frederick.

Short history of standard time and its adoption in North
America in 1883. 1904...

Earle, Mrs Alice (Morse).

.г529.75 A43

529.78 E17

Sun dials and roses of yesterday. 1902....
"Mrs. Earle gives reproductions of a selection numbering well over
two hundred of her photographs of sun-dials, with a smaller number
of those of roses... She has joined to the pictures first-hand informa-
tion about the originals, has touched upon the subject of dialling, and
glanced at sundry other topics... The attractive element of the volume
is the antiquarian-emblematic-poetical perfume that lingers about the
dials." Nation, 1902.

Sachse, Julius Friedrich.

Horologium Achaz; Christophorus Schissler, artifex; a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, February 1, 1895. 1895...

.qr529.78 S12

Reprinted from the "Proceedings of the American Philosophical So-
ciety," v.34, March 12, 1895.

Description of a peculiar sun-dial in the museum of the American Philo-
sophical Society, with biographical notes of the maker.

Arnott, Neil.

530 Physics

Elements of physics or natural philosophy, general and medical; written for universal use in plain or nontechnical language and containing new disquisitions and practical suggestions, with additions by Isaac Hays. 1845 ....

Avery, Elroy McKendree.

.г530 A76

Elementary physics. 1897...

530 A95

Brief introduction for beginners. Contains many simple experiments
and problems.

School physics; a new text-book for high schools and acad

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