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This portal lists books and texts on the subject of astronomy and its related fields.
General astronomy edit
| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the Heavens | Somerville, Mary | 1832 | Done | |
| God's glory in the heavens | Leitch, William (1814–1864) | 1867 | To be validated | |
| Popular Astronomy | Airy, George Biddell | 1881 | Done | |
| A Short History of Astronomy | Berry, Arthur | 1898 | Done | |
| The Evolution of Worlds | Lowell, Percival | 1910 | Done | |
| Astronomy | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | To be validated | |
| Azimuth | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | To be proofread | |
| Black Drop | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | To be proofread | |
| A beautiful February constellation | Caroline E. Furness | 1913 | St. Nicholas Magazine | |
| Two March Constellations | Caroline E. Furness | 1913 | St. Nicholas Magazine |
Solar astronomy edit
- Also see Category:Solar astronomy
- Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in very truth and are moreover regarded as emblems by Alice Morse Earl (1902) (start transcription)
Planetary astronomy edit
- Also see Category:Planetary astronomy
| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the Direction and Velocity of the Motion of the Sun, and Solar System. | William Herschel | 1805 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society | To be validated |
| The Solar System | Lowell, Percival | 1903 | Done |
Bode’s Law edit
- "Bode's Law Of Planetary Distances" in God's glory in the heavens Synoptical Tables by William Leitch (1867)
- "The Nebular Hypothesis" in God's glory in the heavens by William Leitch (1867)
- Within "Questions Concerning the Minor Planets" in Popular Science Monthly, 39 (June 1891)
- "The Planet Eros" in Popular Science Monthly, 58 (April 1901)
- Within "The Outer Planets" in The Evolution of Worlds by Percival Lowell (1910)
- "Bode, Johann Elert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Bode's law" in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Within "Lecture IV" in A Voyage in Space by Herbert Hall Turner (1913)
- "The Planets" in Simplified Scientific Astrology by Max Heindel (1919)
Mercury edit
Venus edit
Moon edit
- Also see Category:Moon
| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Moon | 1873 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| Lunar Temperatures | 1873 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| The Moon's Influence on the Weather | Prestel, M. A. F. | 1876 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| Is the Moon a Dead Planet? | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| The Tides I | Schneider, Elias | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| The Tides II | Schneider, Elias | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| Lunar Lore and Portraiture | Fryatt, F. E. | 1881 | Popular Science Monthly | To be validated |
| The Formation of Lunar Craters | 1883 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| The Moon and the Weather | Oliver, John W. | 1888 | Popular Science Monthly | To be proofread |
| The Moon | Aitken, Robert G. | 1917 | Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | Done |
Mars edit
- Also see Category:Mars
| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars, by the Latest Observations | Camille Flammarion | 1873 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| Mars and its Satellites | Daniel Kirkwood | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| Mars and his Moons | John Le Conte | 1879 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| Surface Characters of the Planet Mars | 1883 | Popular Science Monthly | Done | |
| The Strange Markings on Mars | Garrett Putnam Serviss | 1889 | Popular Science Monthly | To be validated |
| Mars | Percival Lowell | 1896 | Done | |
| In a World Half as Large | Joseph Rémi Léopold Delboeuf | 1898 | Popular Science Monthly | Done |
| Is Mars habitable? | Alfred Russel Wallace | 1907 | Done | |
| Mars | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | ||
| Martians Build Two Immense Canals in Two Years | Mary Proctor | 1911 | The New York Times | |
| NASA's Phoenix to Seek Organics in Mars' Ice to Unravel Red Planet's Mysteries | Guy Webster | 2007 |
Mars Exploration Rover edit
- MER press briefing, January 28, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, January 30, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 2, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 4, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 6, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 9, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, February 12, 2004, NASA
- MER press briefing, March 3, 2004, NASA
Jupiter edit
- "News from Jupiter" in Littell's Living Age, 133 (1714)
Saturn edit
Uranus edit
Neptune edit
Comets edit
| Title | Author | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Comets | Skinner, Aaron Nichols | 1881 | Popular Science Monthly |
| The Great Comet of 1882 | Young, Charles Augustus | 1883 | Popular Science Monthly |
| The Comet of 1812 and 1883 | Kirkwood, Daniel | 1884 | Popular Science Monthly |
Meteoroids edit
Works edit
- Chapter 15: Navigational Astronomy from The American Practical Navigator, 1802 by the United States government
- Chapter 1: The Romance of the Heavens from The Outline of Science, by John Arthur Thomson
Journal articles edit
- "An Account of several fiery Meteors seen in North America" by John Winthrop in Philosophical Transactions, volume 54 (1764)
- Astro-Meteorology by Daniel Kirkwood as it appeared in the July 1872 Popular Science Monthly
- The August and November Meteors by Heinrich Schellen as it appeared in the August 1872 Popular Science Monthly
- On Meteoric Stones by Nevil Story Maskelyne as it appeared in the November 1872 Popular Science Monthly
- The Great Iowa Meteor by Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs as it appeared in the September 1875 Popular Science Monthly
- The Story of the November Meteors by George Johnstone Stoney as it appeared in the August 1879 Popular Science Monthly
- Expected Meteoric Display by Richard Anthony Proctor as it appeared in the December 1879 Popular Science Monthly
- The August Meteors by William Frederick Denning as it appeared in the December 1880 Popular Science Monthly
- The Meteors of November 13th-15th by Daniel Kirkwood as it appeared in the February 1881 Popular Science Monthly
- The Discovery of Organic Remains in Meteoric Stones by Francis Birgham as it appeared in the November 1881 Popular Science Monthly
- A Singular Meteoric Phenomenon, by George Belknap as it appeared in the February 1883 Science
- Astro-Meteorology, Kirkwood, Daniel (1872) Popular Science Monthly
- The August and November Meteors, Schellen, Heinrich (1872)Popular Science Monthly
- On Meteoric Stones, Maskelyne, Nevil Story (1872) Popular Science Monthly
- The Great Iowa Meteor, Hinrichs, Gustavus Detlef (1875) Popular Science Monthly
- The Story of the November Meteors, Stoney, George Johnstone (1879) Popular Science Monthly
- The August Meteors, Denning, William Frederick (1880) Popular Science Monthly
- The Meteors of November 13th-15th, Kirkwood, Daniel (1881) Popular Science Monthly
- The Discovery of Organic Remains in Meteoric Stones, Birgham, Francis (1881) Popular Science Monthly
Reference edit
- Meteors from the The New Student's Reference Work
- "Meteor," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Meteorite," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Fiction edit
- The Colour Out of Space, 1927 by H. P. Lovecraft
Stellar astronomy edit
Stars edit
| Title | Author | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Past and Future of a Constellation | Flammarion, Camille | 1873 | Popular Science Monthly |
| Distances of the Stars | Flammarion, Camille | 1874 | Popular Science Monthly |
| A Field Book of the Stars | Olcott, William Tyler | 1911 |
Nebulae edit
Galactic astronomy edit
Extragalactic astronomy edit
| Title | Author | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andromeda | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | |
| The Great Nebula in Andromeda | Edward Emerson Barnard | 1913 | St. Nicholas Magazine |
Cosmology edit
Periodicals edit
- Astronomische Nachrichten (1821- )
- Popular Astronomy
- General Notes from Vol. 30, 1922. p.381-384
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- Navigational Astronomy, a chapter of The American Practical Navigator
Orbits edit
| Title | Author | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anomaly | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica | |
| Apse and Apsides | 1911 | Encyclopædia Britannica |
Biographies of astronomers edit
| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel | Mrs John Herschel | 1876 | To be proofread | |
| Sir William Herschel, his life and works | Edward Singleton Holden | 1881 | To be validated | |
| Tycho Brahe: a picture of scientific life and work in the sixteenth century (transcription project) | John Louis Emil Dreyer | 1890 | To be proofread | |
| William Herschel and his work | James Sime | 1900 | To be proofread | |
| Galileo | Walter William Bryant | 1918 | Done | |
| Herschel | Hector Macpherson | 1919 | Done | |
| Kepler | Walter William Bryant | 1920 | To be validated |
Research edit
| Title | Author | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy in America | 1876 | Popular Science Monthly | |
| An American Achievement in Astronomy | 1877 | Popular Science Monthly |
Poetry edit
- An Astrologer's Song, poem by Rudyard Kipling
See also edit
External links edit
- Subclass QB on Project Gutenberg
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