The New Astronomy

Chapter 14: Transcriber’s Notes

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About This Book

The text surveys late 19th-century astronomical knowledge and methods, beginning with detailed observations of solar phenomena such as spots, prominences, the corona, and eclipses, and discussing instruments like telescopes, photography, and the spectroscope. It also examines the sun’s energy and attempts to measure and harness solar heat, then moves outward to describe planets and the Moon, their surface markings and observational challenges. Later chapters treat meteors and comets, their appearance and behavior, and conclude with stellar astronomy, including spectra, stellar types, and nebulae, blending observational report with physical interpretation.

University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge.

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.

Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.

The index was not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references. References to unnumbered pages (usually images) have been linked to adjacent numbered pages.