The Adolfo Stahl lectures in astronomy : delivered in San Francisco, California, in 1916-17 and 1917-18 / under the auspices of the Astronomical society of the Pacific.
| Author/creator | Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | San Francisco : Printed for the Society by the Stanford university press, 1919. |
| Description | xiv, 257 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, LIII plate (including portraits) diagrams ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The solar system, by W.W. Campbell.--What we know about comets, by W.W. Campbell.--A total eclipse of the sun, by R.G. Aitken.--The moon, by R.G. Aitken.--The nebulae, by H.D. Curtis.--Astronomical discovery, by H.D. Curtis.--The important epochs in the development of astronomy, by R.J. Crawford.--Our nearest star, the sun, by C.E. St. John.--News from the stars, by R.G. Aitken.--Recent progress in the study of the motions of bodies in the solar system, by A.O. Leuschner.--The brightness of the stars, their distribution, colors, and motions, by F.H. Seares.--The 100-inch reflecting telescope, Mount Wilson. |
| LCCN | 19007934 |