Project Gutenberg 2017-03-17 Public domain in the USA. 239 Baikie, James 1866 1931 07011033 Through the Telescope The telescope: historical -- The telescope: practical -- The sun -- The sun's surroundings -- Mercury -- Venus -- The moon -- Mars -- The asteroids -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus and Neptune -- Comets and meteors -- The starry heavens -- Clusters and nebulæ -- Appendix I. List of lunar formations -- Appendix II. List of objects for the telescope. Produced by Chris Curnow, Lesley Halamek and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Through the Telescope" by James Baikie is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book provides an accessible overview of astronomical facts and offers practical guidance for amateur astronomers, encouraging readers to engage with the wonders of the night sky using telescopes. The opening of the book introduces the author’s intent to demystify astronomy for the general reader and emphasizes that even modest telescopes can yield exciting observations. Baikie shares his extensive experience with various telescopes over two decades, detailing historical advancements in telescope technology and the significance of practical work for aspiring astronomers. The narrative sets the stage for a journey through topics such as the historical development of telescopes, the solar phenomena, and introduces the first chapters, which promise to combine theory with practical application for beginners eager to explore astronomy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 54.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Astronomy QB Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: How To ... 609536 2025-07-21T13:58:46.010571 text/html 576950 2024-10-23T01:52:35 text/html 21119864 2025-07-21T13:59:13.555485 application/epub+zip 21091144 2025-07-21T13:58:55.089597 application/epub+zip 287016 2025-07-21T13:58:47.817577 application/epub+zip 23542424 2025-07-21T13:59:22.705393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 23461459 2025-07-21T13:59:04.769463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403834 2022-09-24T18:59:39.771525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482668 2025-07-21T13:58:44.319605 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 462822 2024-10-23T01:52:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16643 2025-07-21T13:59:22.931411 application/rdf+xml 17243 2025-07-21T13:58:47.982564 image/jpeg 2605 2025-07-21T13:58:47.902539 image/jpeg 19659322 2025-07-21T13:58:46.490585 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog