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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF THE PLATES
- INSTRUMENTS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADOPTED IN THIS WORK
- The Negatives–measurement of the photographic field–scales of the enlargements
- Epoch of the Fiducial Stars, A.D. 1900
- Table
- Deterioration of the Negatives
- Effects of Atmospheric Grlare and of Diffraction upon the films of photographic plates
- Arrangement of the Plates
- Method for micro-puncturing the photographic discs of stars on plates to obtain their optical centres for purposes of measurement
- Star Catalogues and Photographic Charts
- Duration of the effective exposures given to photographic plates in the 20-inch reflector
- Are the millions of Stars and the numerous Nebulosities, which are now known to exist, limited in number and extent; and do they consequently indicate that the Universe, of which the Solar System constitutes a part, is only one member of a greater Stellar Universe?
- The Evolution of Stellar Systems
- Inferences suggested by examination of the Photographs
- Description of the Photographs
- Description of the Photographs
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF THE PLATES
- INSTRUMENTS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADOPTED IN THIS WORK
- The Negatives–measurement of the photographic field–scales of the enlargements
- Epoch of the Fiducial Stars, A.D. 1900
- Table
- Deterioration of the Negatives
- Effects of Atmospheric Grlare and of Diffraction upon the films of photographic plates
- Arrangement of the Plates
- Method for micro-puncturing the photographic discs of stars on plates to obtain their optical centres for purposes of measurement
- Star Catalogues and Photographic Charts
- Duration of the effective exposures given to photographic plates in the 20-inch reflector
- Are the millions of Stars and the numerous Nebulosities, which are now known to exist, limited in number and extent; and do they consequently indicate that the Universe, of which the Solar System constitutes a part, is only one member of a greater Stellar Universe?
- The Evolution of Stellar Systems
- Inferences suggested by examination of the Photographs
- Description of the Photographs
- Description of the Photographs
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- Photographs of Stars, Star-Clusters and NebulaeTogether with Records of Results Obtained in the Pursuit of Celestial Photography, pp. 9Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1899