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The Adolfo Stahl lectures in astronomy, delivered in San Francisco, California, in 1916-17 and 1917-18,
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The Adolfo Stahl lectures in astronomy, delivered in San Francisco, California, in 1916-17 and 1917-18,

Author: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Publisher: San Francisco, Printed for the Society by the Stanford University Press, 1919.
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Adolfo Stahl lectures in astronomy.
San Francisco, Printed for the Society by the Stanford University Press, 1919
(OCoLC)615210692
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
OCLC Number: 2454183
Description: xiv, 257 p. front., illus., LIII pl. (incl. ports.) diagrs. 24 cm.
Contents: The solar system, by W.W. Campbell.--What we know about comets, by W.W. Campbell.--A total eclipse of the sun, by R.G. Aitken.--The moon, by R.G. Aitken.--The nebulae, by H.D. Curtis.--Astronomical discovery, by H.D. Curtis.--The important epochs in the development of astronomy, by R.J. Crawford.--Our nearest star, the sun, by C.E. St. John.--News from the stars, by R.G. Aitken.--Recent progress in the study of the motions of bodies in the solar system, by A.O. Leuschner.--The brightness of the stars, their distribution, colors, and motions, by F.H. Seares.--The 100-inch reflecting telescope, Mount Wilson.
Responsibility: under the auspices of the Astronomical society of the Pacific.

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