Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PIONEERS OF SCIENCE
- PART I FROM DUSK TO DAYLIGHT
- LECTURE I COPERNICUS AND THE MOTION OF THE EARTH
- LECTURE II TYCHO BRAHÉ AND THE EARLIEST OBSERVATORY
- LECTURE III KEPLER AND THE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION
- LECTURE IV GALILEO AND THE INVENTION OF THE TELESCOPE
- LECTURE V GALILEO AND THE INQUISITION
- LECTURE VI DESCARTES AND HIS THEORY OF VORTICES
- LECTURE VII SIR ISAAC NEWTON
- LECTURE VIII NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
- LECTURE IX NEWTON'S “PRINCIPIA”
- PART II A COUPLE OF CENTURIES' PROGRESS
- LECTURE X ROEMER AND BRADLEY AND THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT
- LECTURE XI LAGRANGE AND LAPLACE—THE STABILITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
- LECTURE XII HERSCHEL AND THE MOTION OF THE FIXED STARS
- LECTURE XIII THE DISCOVERY OF THE ASTEROIDS
- LECTURE XIV BESSEL—THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS, AND THE DISCOVERY OF STELLAR PLANETS
- LECTURE XV THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE
- LECTURE XVI COMETS AND METEORS
- LECTURE XVII THE TIDES
- LECTURE XVIII THE TIDES, AND PLANETARY EVOLUTION
- INDEX
LECTURE XVI - COMETS AND METEORS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PIONEERS OF SCIENCE
- PART I FROM DUSK TO DAYLIGHT
- LECTURE I COPERNICUS AND THE MOTION OF THE EARTH
- LECTURE II TYCHO BRAHÉ AND THE EARLIEST OBSERVATORY
- LECTURE III KEPLER AND THE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION
- LECTURE IV GALILEO AND THE INVENTION OF THE TELESCOPE
- LECTURE V GALILEO AND THE INQUISITION
- LECTURE VI DESCARTES AND HIS THEORY OF VORTICES
- LECTURE VII SIR ISAAC NEWTON
- LECTURE VIII NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
- LECTURE IX NEWTON'S “PRINCIPIA”
- PART II A COUPLE OF CENTURIES' PROGRESS
- LECTURE X ROEMER AND BRADLEY AND THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT
- LECTURE XI LAGRANGE AND LAPLACE—THE STABILITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
- LECTURE XII HERSCHEL AND THE MOTION OF THE FIXED STARS
- LECTURE XIII THE DISCOVERY OF THE ASTEROIDS
- LECTURE XIV BESSEL—THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS, AND THE DISCOVERY OF STELLAR PLANETS
- LECTURE XV THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE
- LECTURE XVI COMETS AND METEORS
- LECTURE XVII THE TIDES
- LECTURE XVIII THE TIDES, AND PLANETARY EVOLUTION
- INDEX
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- Pioneers of Science , pp. 331 - 352Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1893