Volume 1

The gallery of nature and art; or, a tour through creation and science / [Edited] By the Rev. Edward Polehampton [assisted by distinguised writers in the various departments].

  • Polehampton, Edward (Edward Thomas William), 1777?-1830.
Date:
1817
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Credit: The gallery of nature and art; or, a tour through creation and science / [Edited] By the Rev. Edward Polehampton [assisted by distinguised writers in the various departments]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. PART I. GALLERY OF NATURE. BOOK I. Chap. ASTRONOMY. Page I. Astronomy of the Ancients before the tion of the Alexandrian School Founda- 1 II. Astronomy of the School of Alexandria III. Astronomy in Modern Europe IV. General Notices on Astronomy V. Huygens’ Conjectures concerning the Celestial World . VI. Nature and Construction of the Sun and fixed Stars VII. Construction of the Heavens, and Organization of the Celestial Bodies 9 19 34 36 43 61 VIII. Recapitulation of the preceding Paper, by Dr. Herschell . , . Ill IX. Changes that have happened during the last twenty-five Years in the relative situation of Double Stars, with their Cause . 113 X. Observations on the Comet of the Year 1811, with Remarks on the Construction of its different Parts . . . .114