...same method pursued, by Professor Simon Newcomb in his " Popular Astronomy," ' in which is presented "a condensed view of the history, methods, and results...as to be intelligible without mathematical study." It is expressly stated that the work is not designed either to instruct the professional investigator...

...clearly printed, cloth, $4. POPULAR ASTRONOMY, by Simon Newcomb. (Harper.) The main object of this work is "to present the general reading public with a condensed...those fields which are of most popular and philosophic intc'rest at the present day, couched in such language as to be intelligible without mathematical study."...

...To prevent a possible misapprehension in scientific quarters, the author desires it understood that the present work is not designed either to instruct...as to be intelligible without mathematical study. He hopes that the earlier chapters will, for the most part, be readily understood by any one having...

...and the chief constellations, meteors, nebulae, &c. In his preface, the author informs us that the work is not designed either to instruct the professional...as to be intelligible without mathematical study. Professor Newcomb treats very fully the question of solar parallax, and in connexion with it the recent...

...investigator or to train the special student of astronomy, its main object being to present the general public with a condensed view of the history, methods,...as to be intelligible without mathematical study. It must, however, be noticed that the treatment of the various subjects dealt with in the volume is...

...is to present the general reading public with a condensed view of the history, methods, and resnlts of astronomical research, especially in those fields...as to be intelligible without mathematical study. He hopes that the earlier chapters will, for the most part, be readily understood by any one having...

...pages. His object, as the title suggests, has been to prepare for the use of the general reading public a condensed view of the history, methods, and results of astronomical research, more particularly in the fields that are of most general interest at the present time. In doing this...

...pages. His object, as the title suggests, has been to prepare for the use of the general reading public a condensed view of the history, methods, and results of astronomical research, more particularly in the fields that are of most general interest at the present time. In doing this...

...Stars. 8vo. pp. xviii and 571. New York: Harper and Brothers. 1878. The main object of this book " is to present the general reading public with a condensed...language as to be intelligible without mathematical study " (Preface, p. v). The high reputation of Professor Newcomb is sufficient guarantee for the accuracy...

...engravings, and five maps of the stars. London : Macmillan & Co. 1878. pp. 566. The main object of this work is " to present the general reading public with a...as to be intelligible without mathematical study." (Preface.) It is divided into four parts : 1. The system of the world historically developed, comprising...