| Half-hours with the Telescope
Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a
Means of Amusement and Instruction. | Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 | en | Preface:
The object which the Author and Publisher of this little work have proposed to themselves, has been the production, at a moderate price, of a useful and reliable guide to the amateur telescopist.
Among the celestial phenomena described or f | Chapter I.
A Half-Hour on the Structure of the Telescope
Chapter II.
A Half-Hour with Orion, Lepus, Taurus, etc.
Chapter III.
A Half-Hour with Lyra, Hercules, Corvus, Crater, etc.
Chapter IV.
A Half-Hour with Bootes, Scorpio, Ophiuchus, etc.
Chapter V.
A Half-Hour with Andromeda, Cygnus, etc.
Chapter VI.
Half-Hours with the Planets
Chapter VII.
Half-Hours with the Sun and Moon | | Astronomy; Telescopes | 2005-09-28 |
| Steep Trails
California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon | Muir, John, 1838-1914 | en | | Wild wool -- A geologist's winter walk -- Summer days at Mount Shasta -- A perilous night on Shasta's summit -- Shasta rambles and Modoc memories -- The city of the Saints -- A great storm in Utah -- Bathing in Salt Lake-- Mormon lilies -- The San Gabriel Valley -- The San Gabriel Mountains -- Nevada farms -- Nevada forests -- Nevada's timber belt -- Glacial phenomena in Nevada -- Nevada's dead towns -- Puget Sound -- The forests of Washington --People and towns of Puget Sound -- An ascent of Mount Rainier -- The physical and climatic characteristics of Oregon -- The forests of Oregon and their inhabitants -- The rivers of Oregon -- The Grand Canyon of the Colorado. | Badè, William Frederic, 1871-1936 [Editor] | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain); Forests and forestry -- West (U.S.) | 1995-09-01 |