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THIS is an elementary textbook suitable for a general introductory course in descriptive astronomy, and differs from most books of a similar nature in the order of development of its subject and in its balance of emphasis. After introductory chapters on the constellations and telescopes, the earth is considered as an astronomical body. Its nature, motions, and problems connected with time, occupy three chapters, leading naturally to a consideration of the various bodies and phenomena of the solar system. All this occupies the greater portion (400 pages) of the book, and questions relating to sidereal astronomy or astrophysics (apart from solar physics) are relegated to the last two chapters.
Astronomy.
By Dr. F. R. Moulton. Pp. xxiii + 549. (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1931.) 18s. net
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Astronomy . Nature 130, 984 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130984c0
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