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Larousse encyclopedia of astronomy,

Author: Lucien Rudaux; Gérard De Vaucouleurs
Publisher: New York, Prometheus Press, 1962.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2d edView all editions and formats
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Rudaux, Lucien, 1874-1947.
Larousse encyclopedia of astronomy.
New York, Prometheus Press, 1962
(OCoLC)607821810
Online version:
Rudaux, Lucien, 1874-1947.
Larousse encyclopedia of astronomy.
New York, Prometheus Press, 1962
(OCoLC)629800997
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lucien Rudaux; Gérard De Vaucouleurs
OCLC Number: 1405892
Notes: Translation of Astronomie; les astres, l'univers.
Description: vi, 506 p. illus. (part col.) charts. 30 cm.
Contents: Splendour of the heavens: Stars in space --
Our observatory, the Earth --
Empire of the Sun: Solar system --
Earth as a planet --
Moon --
Eclipses, occultations and tides --
Planets --Comets --
Meteors and meteorites --
Sun --
In space --
Realm of the stars: Stars in the sky --
Double and variable stars --
Stars as suns --
Nature of the stars --
Galaxy --
Extra-galactic nebulae and the expansion of the universe Past and future --
Astronomical instruments and techniques: Instruments and methods of measurement --
Spectroscopic analysis and its astronomical applications --
Philosophical, scientific and technical value of astronomy.
Other Titles: Astronomie.
Responsibility: by Lucien Rudaux and G. de Vaucouleurs. With an introd. by F.L. Whipple.

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