Author: John TAYLOR (of Liverpool.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Poems and Translations; including the first four books of Ovid's Fasti: to which are added, The ancient Roman Calendar with solar and sidereal tables ... The whole illustrated with historical, astronomical and mythological notes
Author: John TAYLOR (of Liverpool.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
Book Description
Ovid, Aratus and Augustus
Author: Emma Gee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521651875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The astronomical material in Ovid's Fasti has been overlooked. It is this material which is the subject of this book.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521651875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The astronomical material in Ovid's Fasti has been overlooked. It is this material which is the subject of this book.
Taking Possession of Astronomy
Author: Inga Elmqvist Söderlund
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789171901378
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789171901378
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Lost Constellations
Author: John C. Barentine
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319227955
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Casual stargazers are familiar with many classical figures and asterisms composed of bright stars (e.g., Orion and the Plough), but this book reveals not just the constellations of today but those of yesteryear. The history of the human identification of constellations among the stars is explored through the stories of some influential celestial cartographers whose works determined whether new inventions survived. The history of how the modern set of 88 constellations was defined by the professional astronomy community is recounted, explaining how the constellations described in the book became permanently “extinct.” Dr. Barentine addresses why some figures were tried and discarded, and also directs observers to how those figures can still be picked out on a clear night if one knows where to look. These lost constellations are described in great detail using historical references, enabling observers to rediscover them on their own surveys of the sky. Treatment of the obsolete constellations as extant features of the night sky adds a new dimension to stargazing that merges history with the accessibility and immediacy of the night sky.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319227955
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Casual stargazers are familiar with many classical figures and asterisms composed of bright stars (e.g., Orion and the Plough), but this book reveals not just the constellations of today but those of yesteryear. The history of the human identification of constellations among the stars is explored through the stories of some influential celestial cartographers whose works determined whether new inventions survived. The history of how the modern set of 88 constellations was defined by the professional astronomy community is recounted, explaining how the constellations described in the book became permanently “extinct.” Dr. Barentine addresses why some figures were tried and discarded, and also directs observers to how those figures can still be picked out on a clear night if one knows where to look. These lost constellations are described in great detail using historical references, enabling observers to rediscover them on their own surveys of the sky. Treatment of the obsolete constellations as extant features of the night sky adds a new dimension to stargazing that merges history with the accessibility and immediacy of the night sky.