Project Gutenberg 2009-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 173 Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius 1908 Astronomy of To-day: A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Brenda Lewis, Scott Marusak, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Astronomy of To-day: A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language" by Cecil G. Dolmage is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book aims to present the science of astronomy in an accessible way, stripping technical jargon to make it understandable for the general reader. It covers a range of topics including ancient and modern views of the universe, celestial mechanics, and significant astronomical phenomena, all while emphasizing the relevance of these concepts to our daily lives. The opening of the work establishes the author's intent to demystify astronomy, positing that understanding celestial phenomena is not as complex as it might seem. Dolmage explains the transition from ancient beliefs about the cosmos, like the Earth-centered Ptolemaic system, to the Copernican revolution that placed the sun at the center of our Solar System. He outlines foundational astronomical concepts, touching on the shapes and motions of celestial bodies and how they were perceived historically. This foundation sets the stage for readers to explore further into the Universe’s mysteries with clarity and curiosity, preparing them for an engaging journey through contemporary astronomical knowledge. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Astronomy QB Text Astronomy Browsing: Science - Astronomy Browsing: Science - General 844121 844042 2024-10-12T10:22:43.257844 2023-09-12T12:46:53.056804 text/html text/html 811147 2021-01-04T23:44:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2330120 2021-01-04T23:44:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2302278 2024-10-12T10:23:04.196751 application/epub+zip 2319516 2024-10-12T10:22:48.526830 application/epub+zip 354326 2024-10-12T10:22:45.642833 application/epub+zip 2569887 2024-10-12T10:23:12.648695 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2485933 2024-10-12T10:23:00.129747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527659 2022-09-13T09:58:43.908331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 640234 639984 2024-10-12T10:22:40.025853 2023-09-12T12:46:50.286755 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 639778 2021-01-04T23:44:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 223642 2021-01-04T23:44:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 639903 2021-01-04T23:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 223489 2021-01-04T23:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21235 2024-10-12T10:23:12.877683 application/rdf+xml 13459 2024-10-12T10:22:46.062822 image/jpeg 2224 2024-10-12T10:22:45.760839 image/jpeg 2574088 2024-10-12T10:22:43.439850 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog