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040 _aPGUSA
_beng
042 _adc
050 4 _aQB
100 1 _aNewcomb, Simon,
_d1835-1909
245 1 0 _aSide-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
_h[electronic resource] /
_cSimon Newcomb
260 _bProject Gutenberg,
_c2003
505 0 _aThe 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.
506 _aPublic domain in the USA.
516 _aElectronic text
653 _aFlying-machines
653 _aAstronomy
653 _aRain-making
653 _aCompass
653 _aLearning and scholarship
653 _aHyperspace
830 0 _aProject Gutenberg
_v4065
856 4 0 _uhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4065
942 _cEB
999 _c233394
_d233394