Project Gutenberg 2011-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 169 Comstock, George C. (George Cary) 1855 1934 Comstock, George Cary A Text-Book of Astronomy Reading ease score: 60.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Iris Schimandle, Lindy Walsh and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Text-Book of Astronomy" by George C. Comstock is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work serves as an educational resource, concentrating on the principles and measurements needed for the study of astronomy, as well as various astronomical phenomena and celestial mechanics. The book is designed with a practical approach that emphasizes hands-on observational methods for both students and teachers. The opening of the text outlines Comstock's intent to provide a structured educational framework rather than a comprehensive compendium of astronomy. It emphasizes the importance of accurate measurement in astronomy, introducing the necessary tools and techniques to observe and record celestial phenomena. Through practical exercises, students are encouraged to engage directly with the night sky, measure angles and time, and explore the diurnal motion of stars. The initial chapters also discuss the foundational concepts of angles and time measurement, vital for the practical study of celestial bodies, setting a tone of active learning that characterizes the entire textbook. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Astronomy QB Text Astronomy Browsing: Science - Astronomy Browsing: Science - General 878575 879034 2024-10-14T15:07:53.656637 2023-09-15T08:38:48.210110 text/html text/html 849560 2011-01-03T14:55:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 21156834 2011-01-03T15:11:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20799075 2024-10-14T15:08:29.625473 application/epub+zip 20769849 2024-10-14T15:08:04.683599 application/epub+zip 354984 2024-10-14T15:07:56.945628 application/epub+zip 21082266 2024-10-14T15:08:43.445406 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 20953798 2024-10-14T15:08:19.113511 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540770 2022-09-16T05:25:39.930341 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 676055 2024-10-14T15:07:50.022645 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 675733 2011-01-03T14:55:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 230557 2011-01-03T15:11:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 675492 2011-01-03T15:09:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 230275 2011-01-03T15:11:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20582 2024-10-14T15:08:43.745457 application/rdf+xml 14073 2024-10-14T15:07:57.714619 image/jpeg 3766 2024-10-14T15:07:57.361660 image/jpeg 23965118 2024-10-14T15:07:54.401640 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