206 Rare Old Books on Astronomy and Telescopes Stars Planets Cosmology Stargazing Celestial Navigation Observatories - Instant PDF Download

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 206 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of ASTRONOMY, TELESCOPES, COSMOLOGY and the wonders of the universe!

Discover the wonders of the solar system and the heavens. Read about the history of astronomy and the stars that have fascinated man since the dawn of time. Study vintage guides and manuals teaching you how to view the night sky with and without the use of a telescope. Uncover the elements and principles of spherical and physical astronomy, learn about the cycle of celestial objects and planetary motion, examine the mathematics of the sky, investigate the science of space and time, and much more! Overall, this is a truly stunning archive, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in astronomy.

Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material for the beginner, amateur and professional astronomer. The full list of titles speaks for itself!

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A beginner's star-book; an easy guide to the stars and to the astronomical uses of the opera-glass, the field-glass and the telescope by E. G. Murphy (1912)

A century's progress in astronomy by H. Macpherson (1906)

A compendious system of astronomy by M. Bryan (1797)

A compendium of astronomy; containing the elements of the science, familiarly explained and illustrated by D. Olmsted (1850)

A cycle of celestial objects for the use of naval, military, and private astronomers Vols. 1 & 2 by W. H. Smyth (1844)

A field book of the stars by W. T. Olcott (1914)

A Handbook of descriptive and practical astronomy Vols. 1 - 3 by G. F. Chambers (1889)

A Manual Of Spherical And Practical Astronomy Vol. 2 by W. Chauvenet (1891)

A new astronomy by D. P. Todd (1897)

A new manual of the elements of astronomy, descriptive and mathematical by H. Kiddle (1868)

A new resolution of the diameters and distances of the heavenly bodies by common arithmetic by W. I. Loomis (1868)

A popular guide to the heavens by R. S. Ball (1905)

A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a knowledge of the heavenly bodies and as an aid to those possessing telescopes by W. Peck (1891)

A popular history of astronomy during the nineteenth century by A. M. Clerke (1893)

A short course in astronomy and the use of the globes by H. Kiddle (1871)

A short history of astronomy by A. Berry (1899)

A study of the sky by H. A. Howe (1896)

A text-book of astronomy by G. C. Comstock (1903)

A theorem on planetary motion; or, Sunshine and shadow by C. Roberts (1881)

A treatise on astronomy, in which the elements of the science are deduced in a natural order by O. Gregory (1803)

A treatise on astronomy, spherical and physical; with astronomical problems, and solar, lunar, and other astronomical tables by W. A. Norton (1867)

A treatise on spherical astronomy by R. S. Ball (1908)

A treatise on the principal fixed stars and constellations, with maps, illustrative of them as seen in the four seasons by H. Whitall (1850)

An easy guide to the constellations with a miniature atlas of the stars by J. Gall (1910)

An elementary treatise on astronomy by W. A. Norton (1852)

An elementary treatise on physical astronomy by R. Woodhouse (1898)

An historical survey of the astronomy of the ancients by G. C. Lewis (1862)

An introduction to astronomy by D. Olmsted (1839)

An introduction to astronomy by F. R. Moulton (1916)

An introduction to astronomy in a series of letters by J. Bonnycastle (1822)

An introductory treatise on dynamical astronomy by H. C. Plummer (1918)

Ancient calendars and constellations by E. M. Plunket (1903)

Astronography, or, Astronomical geography by E. Willard (1854)

Astronomical discovery by H. H. Turner (1904)

Astronomical essays, historical and descriptive by J. E. Gore (1907)

Astronomical myths by J. F. Blake (1877)

Astronomical tables with precepts, both in English and Latin, for computing the places of the sun, moon, planets, and comets by E. Halley (1752)

Astronomy - a popular handbook by H. Jacoby (1913)

Astronomy - Determination of time, longitude, latitude, and azimuth by W. Bowie (1917)

Astronomy by A. R. Hinks (1911)

Astronomy by J. N. Lockyer (1884)

Astronomy by J. P. Rambosson (1878)

Astronomy by observation by E. A. Bowen (1886)

Astronomy by R. S. Ball (1878)

Astronomy by S. Newcomb (1883)

Astronomy by W. H. M. Christie (1882)

Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles by J. Ferguson (1806)

Astronomy for all by B. H. Burgel (1911)

Astronomy for amateurs by C. Flammarion (1904)

Astronomy for beginners in thirty-two lessons by F. Fellowes (1885)

Astronomy for everybody; a popular exposition of the wonders of the heavens by S. Newcomb (1902)

Astronomy for schools and colleges by S. Newcomb (1879)

Astronomy from a dipper by E. C. Clarke (1909)

Astronomy in a nutshell, the chief facts and principles explained in popular language by G. P. Serviss (1912)

Astronomy of to-day; a popular introduction in non-technical language by C. G. Dolmage (1909)

Astronomy with an opera glass - a popular introduction to the study of the starry heavens with the simplest of optical instruments by G. P. Serviss (1890)

Astronomy with the naked eye; a new geography of the heavens, with descriptions and charts of constellations, stars, and planets by G. P. Serviss (1908)

Astronomy without a telescope; a guide to the constellations, and introduction to the study of the heavens with the unassisted sight by E. W. Maunder (1904)

Astronomy without mathematics by E. B. Grimthorpe (1869)

Astronomy, a handy manual for students and others by F. W. Dyson (1918)

Astronomy, new and old by M. S. Brennan (1889)

Astronomy; the science of the heavenly bodies by D. P. Todd (1922)

Celestial motions, a handy book of astronomy by W. T. Lynn (1889)

Celestial objects for common telescopes Vols. 1 & 2 by T. W. Webb (1893)

Cosmology by S. Clark (1860)

Curiosities of the sky, a popular presentation of the great riddles and mysteries of astronomy by G. P. Serviss (1909)

Descriptive astronomy; an elementary exposition of the facts, principles, and theories of astronomical science by F. R. Moulton (1912)

Easy star lessons by R. A. Proctor (1888)

Electro astronomical atlas ... with explanatory notes, questions and answers by J. W. Spoor (1874)

Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book by E. S. Holden (1899)

Elementary lessons in astronomy by J. N. Lockyer (1889)

Elementary mathematical astronomy by C. W. Barlow (1893)

Elements of astronomy by C. A. Young (1890)

Elements of astronomy by J. Davis (1868)

Elements of astronomy by J. H. Wilkins (1828)

Elements of astronomy by N. Lockyer (1875)

Elements of astronomy by S. H. Peabody (1884)

Elements of astronomy by W. J. Rolfe (1868)

Elements of descriptive astronomy by H. A. Howe (1897)

Elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy by C. J. White (1901)

Extracts from Greenwich observations, 1855 (1857)

First observations in astronomy by M. E. Byrd (1913)

Flowers of the sky by R. A. Proctor (1879)

From nebula to nebula by G. H. Lepper (1917)

Gravitation the determining force by E. S. Chapin (1887)

Gravitation; an elementary explanation of the principal perturbations in the solar system by G. B. Airey (1884)

Great astronomers by R. S. Ball (1895)

Guy's Elements of astronomy by J. Guy (1864)

Half-hours with the telescope; being a popular guide to the use of the telescope as a means of amusement and instruction by R. A. Proctor (1873)

Histoire de l'astronomie par E. L. Doublet (1922)

Historical Account Of The Origin And Progress Of Astronomy by J. Narrien (1833)

History of astronomy by G. Forbes (1909)

History of physical astronomy, from the earliest ages to the middle of the 19th century by R. Grant (1852)

How to find the stars, with indications of the most interesting objects in the starry heavens, and an account of the astronomical lantern and its use by J. F. Clarke (1878)

Hutchinson's Splendour of the heavens; a popular authoritative astronomy Vols. 1 & 2 by T. Phillips (1921)

I dialoghi di Galileo Galilei sui massimi sistemi tolemaico e copernicano - volume unico by G. Galilei (1874)

In starland with a three-inch telescope; a conveniently arranged guide for the use of the amateur astronomer by W. T. Olcott (1909)

In the high heavens by R. S. Ball (1910)

Introduction to astronomy by J. I. Plummer (1873)

Laboratory astronomy by R. W. Willson (1901)

Lessons in astronomy, including uranography; a brief introductory course without mathematics by C. A. Young (1903)

Letters on astronomy by D. Olmsted (1840)

Machinery of the heavens - a system of physical astronomy by A. P. Pichereau (1884)

Manual of astronomy by C. A. Young (1902)

Mysteries of time and space by R. A. Proctor (1883)

Myths and marvels of astronomy by R. A. Proctor (1877)

New theories in astronomy by W. Stirling (1906)

Notes on the nebular theory in relation to stellar, solar, planetary, cometary, and geological phenomena by W. F. Stanley (1895)

Origin of architectural design; or, The archaeology of astronomy by L. H. McCoy (1912)

Our own and other worlds by J. Hamilton (1903)

Outlines astronomy by J. F. W. Herschel (1902)

Planetary and stellar studies - the planets, stars, and nebulae by J. E. Gore (1888)

Pleasures of the telescope by G. P. Serviss (1901)

Poole bros' Celestial handbook by J. A. Colas (1892)

Popular astronomy by S. Newcomb (1882)

Practical and spherical astronomy by R. Main (1863)

Practical astronomy with the unaided eye by H. Macpherson (1912)

Practical talks by an astronomer by H. Jacoby (1902)

Recent adventures in astronomy by A. H. Fison (1899)

Recreations in astronomy by H. W. Warren (1886)

Researches into the origin of the primitive constellations of the Greeks, Phoenicians and Babylonians Vols. 1 & 2 by R. Brown (1899)

Round the year with the stars, the chief beauties of the starry heavens as seen with the naked eye by G. P. Serviss (1910)

Sky wonders by W. W. Rammsay (1893)

Smith's Illustrated astronomy by A. Smith (1855)

Some problems of sidereal astronomy by H. N. Russell (1919)

Splendors of the sky by I. M. Lewis (1919)

Star groups - a student's guide to the constellations by J. E. Gore (1891)

Star lore of all ages; a collection of myths, legends, and facts concerning the constellations of the Northern hemisphere by W. T. Olcott (1911)

Star-gazer's hand-book; a brief guide for amateur students of astronomy by H. W. Elson (1902)

Star-land; being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens by R. S. Ball (1899)

Star-names and their meanings by R. H. Allen (1899)

Stars and telescopes by D. P. Todd (1901)

Star-studies. What we know of the universe outside the earth by E. Colbert (1871)

Stellar evolution, and its relation to geological time by J. Croll (1889)

Studies in astronomy by A. K. Bartlett (1881)

Tables of instrumental constants and corrections for the reduction of transit observations made at the U. S. Naval Observatory by J. R. Eastman (1873)

The Adolfo Stahl lectures in astronomy by The Astronomical Society of The Pacific (1919)

The amateur astronomer by G. Riegler (1910)

The amateur telescopist's handbook by F. M. Gibson (1894)

The book of stars by A. F. Collins (1920)

The call of the stars by J. R. Kippax (1919)

The common sights in the heavens by A. W. Drayson (1862)

The correlation and conservation of gravitation and heat, and some of the effects of these forces on the solar system by E. Chapin (1867)

The earth as a cosmical system by R. Curry (1882)

The earth's beginning by R. S. Ball (1909)

The elements of astronomy by D. N. Mallik (1921)

The elements of astronomy by S. Vince (1816)

The elements of astronomy for surveyors by R. W. Chapman (1919)

The elements of astronomy, physical and geometrical by D. Gregory (1715)

The elements of descriptive astronomy by E. O. Tancock (1919)

The elements of the theory of astronomy by J. Hymers (1840)

The essence of astronomy; things every one should know about the sun, moon, and stars by E. W. Price (1914)

The expanse of Heaven; a series of essays on the wonders of the firmament by R. A. Proctor (1889)

The family celestial by M. A. Shuler (1915)

The first three sections of Newton's Principia by I. Newton (1821)

The geography of the heavens, and class-book of astronomy accompanied by a celestial atlas by E. H. Burrit (1856)

The great centre an astronomical study by J. C. Hamilton (1892)

The great facts of modern astronomy by W. S. Henson (1871)

The heavens above - a popular handbook of astronomy by G. A. Gillet (1882)

The heavens and their story by A. Maunder (1908)

The heavens; an illustrated handbook of popular astronomy by A. Guillemin (1867)

The marvels of the heavens by C. Flammarion (1870)

The mathematics of the sky by C. J. Burton (1920)

The mechanism of the heavens, or, familiar illustrations of astronomy by D. Olmsted (1856)

The new astronomy by S. P. Langley (1889)

The new heavens by G. E. Hale (1922)

The new idea of astronomy and the sight of the eye by D. W. Hunt (1878)

The pith of astronomy (without mathematics); the latest facts and figures as developed by the giant telescopes by S. G. Bayne (1896)

The planetarium and astronomical calculator by T. Ostrander (1832)

The planetary and stellar worlds - a popular exposition of the great discoveries and theories of modern astronomy by O. M. Mitchel (1848)

The Road map of the stars by A. R. Parsons (1911)

The romance of astronomy by R. K. Miller (1873)

The romance of modern astronomy, describing in simple but exact language the wonders of the heavens by H. Macpherson (1911)

The romance of the heavens by A. W. Bickerton (1901)

The science of astronomy by A. K. Bartlett (1877)

The science of the stars by E. W. Maunder (1912)

The scientific papers of Sir William Huggins by W. Huggins (1909)

The sidereal messenger of Galileo Galilei and a part of the preface to Kepler's Dioptrics containing the original account of Galileo's astronomical discoveries by G. Galilei (1880)

The star people by G. Johnson (1921)

The star-guide by L. Clark (1886)

The stars and constellations; how and when to find and tell them by W. H. Rosser (1879)

The stars and the earth by F. Eberty (1849)

The stars by G. F. Chambers (1909)

The stellar heavens, an introduction to the study of the stars and nebulae by J. E. Gore (1903)

The story of the heavens by R. S. Ball (1891)

The story of the stars. New descriptive astronomy by J. D. Steele (1884)

The telescope by M. P. Ward (1869)

The Trouvelot astronomical drawings manual by E. L. Trouvelot (1882)

The universe and the stars, being an original theory on the visible creation, founded on the laws of nature by T. Wright (1837)

The witness of the stars by E. W. Bullinger (1921)

The wonders of the heavens by D. Bradford (1837)

The worlds of space; a series of popular articles on astronomical subjects by J. E. Gore (1894)

The young folks' astronomy by J. D. Champlin (1881)

Thoughts on some important points relating to the System of the world by J. P. Nichol (1846)

Through the depths of space, a primer of astronomy by H. C. Macpherson (1908)

Time's telescope universal and perpetual, fitted for all countries and capacities by D. Campbell (1734)

Traité d'astronomie pratique par A. Souchon (1883)

Uranography and practical astronomy, designed for private students by L. Lillard (1866)

Uranography, a brief description of the constellations visible in the United States - with star-maps and lists of objects observable with a small telescope by C. A. Young (1917)



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