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Modern astronomy; being some account of the revolution of the last quarter of a century

Turner, Herbert Hall, 1861-1909 · 1909 · London, Constable & co., ltd · 1 picture

A 1909 Constable account of astronomy's changes over the previous twenty-five years, written by Oxford astronomer Herbert Hall Turner for general and student readers in Britain. The indexed pages are letterpress type rather than plates: justified text blocks in a transitional serif, small-capital running heads, footnote rules, and short marginal keywords such as "Almucantar" and "Photography" set in the outer margin.

Astronomy -- History

Internet Archive · University of California Libraries · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library