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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

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By A. Frederick Collins
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A practical, instructional guide for young readers presents a clear introduction to the night sky and its practical uses. It teaches how to locate major constellations and the North Star, distinguishes the sun, planets, moon, comets and meteors, and explains observing techniques with the naked eye, field glasses, and small telescopes. Chapters describe navigation and timekeeping by stars, construction and use of sundials, heliographs and sextants, and basic mapping and charts. Appendices provide definitions, illustrations, and step‑by‑step exercises aligned with scouting tests and beginner observational practice.

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Title: The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

Author: A. Frederick Collins

Release date: January 23, 2022 [eBook #67234]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: D. Appleton & Company, 1915

Credits: Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOOK OF STARS: BEING A SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF THE STARS AND THEIR USES TO BOY LIFE ***

THE BOOK OF STARS

By A. Frederick Collins

The Book of Wireless
The Book of Stars
The Book of Magic
The Book of Electricity
Gas, Gasoline and Oil Engines
The Amateur Chemist
The Amateur Mechanic
How to Fly
The Home Handy Book
Keeping Up with Your Motor Car
Motor Car Starting and Lighting

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Publishers      New York

THE BOOK OF STARS

BEING A SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF THE STARS
AND THEIR USES TO BOY LIFE

WRITTEN TO CONFORM TO THE TESTS
OF THE BOY SCOUTS

BY

A. FREDERICK COLLINS

“THE BOOK OF WIRELESS”;
“THE BOOK OF MAGIC,” ETC.

FULLY ILLUSTRATED

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON

1920

Copyright, 1915, 1920, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

TO THE BURNHAMS

WITH PLEASANT MEMORIES OF
MOUNT HAMILTON NIGHTS