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Through the Telescope
By James Baikie
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Through the Telescope was written to present a quick and easy description of the most significant and intriguing facts concerning the heavenly bodies and to inform the common readers how much of the ground thus covered lies available to their own observation under very comfortable conditions. The author, James Baikie, has attempted to give some valuable insight to those enthusiastic about studying the heavens but do not know how and where to start. In this work, he has also recounted the outstanding accomplishments in astronomical discovery. The book is not a complete manual; it is simply illustrative of things that have been witnessed and known. Bikie has done a wonderful compiling all the detailed and complicated works in a comprehensible language while being precise. Contents include: The Telescope—historical The Telescope—practical The Sun The Sun's Surroundings Mercury Venus The Moon Mars The Asteroids Jupiter Saturn Uranus And Neptune Comets And Meteors The Starry Heavens Clusters And Nebulæ
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