TY  - BOOK
AU  - Newcomb,Simon
TI  - Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
AV  - QB 
PY  - 2003///
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Flying-machines
KW  - Astronomy
KW  - Rain-making
KW  - Compass
KW  - Learning and scholarship
KW  - Hyperspace
N1  - The unsolved problems of astronomy -- The new problems of the universe -- The structure of the universe -- The extent of the universe -- Making and using a telescope -- What the astronomers are doing -- Life in the universe -- How the planets are weighed -- The mariner's compass -- The fairyland of geometry -- The organization of scientific research -- Can we make it rain? -- The astronomical ephemeris and nautical almanac -- The world's debt to astronomy -- An astronomical friendship -- The evolution of the scientific investigator -- The evolution of astronomical knowledge -- Aspects of American astronomy -- The universe as an organism -- The relation of scientific method to social progress -- The outlook for the flying-machine; Public domain in the USA; Electronic text
UR  - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4065
ER  -