MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01577nam a22002651 4500
001 06034834
003 DLC
005 19870203000000.0
008 870202r1906 nyuacf 00010 eng
010 $a 06034834 //r87
040 $aDLC/ICU$cICU
050 0 $aQB51$b.N56
051 $aQB51$b.N56 Copy 2$cCopy 2.
100 10 $aNewcomb, Simon,$d1835-1909.
245 10 $aSide-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;$cessays and addresses by Simon Newcomb ...
260 0 $aNew York,$aLondon,$bHarper & brothers,$c1906.
300 $avii, [1] p., 1 l., 349, [1] p.$bfront. (port.) illus., plates.$c22 cm.
500 $aLargely reprinted from various periodicals.
505 0 $aThe unsolved problems of astronomy.--The new problems of the universe.--The structure of the universe.--The extent of the universe.--Making and using a telescope.--What the astronomers are doing.--Life in the universe.--How the planets are weighed.--The mariner's compass.--The fairyland of geometry.--The organization of scientific research.--Can we make it rain?--The astronomical ephemeris and nautical almanac.--The world's debt to astronomy.--An astronomical friendship.--The evolution of the scientific investigator.--The evolution of astronomical knowledge.--Aspects of American astronomy.--The universe as an organism.--The relation of scientific method to social progress.--The outlook for the flying-machine.
650 0 $aAstronomy.
650 0 $aCompass.
650 0 $aHyperspace.
650 0 $aLearning and scholarship.
650 0 $aRain-making.
650 0 $aFlying-machines.