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(1) BOTH the means and methods of observation dealt with in this book are eminently practical, being founded for the greater part on the progressive astronomical equipment of the author and the methods which, in actual use, he has found effective. The needs of the amateur are all along kept in mind. The interested and intelligent user of a pair of opera glasses is led to make for himself apparatus more ambitious. As the possessor of a telescope he is shown practical, and often home-made, mountings for the smaller sizes, while for the amateur of means, to whom a medium-sized equatorial reflector or refractor is possible, the question of a suitable house for his instrument is dealt with. Here the varied experience of the author is called in, the important question of cost not being forgotten.
(1) How to Study the Stars.
L. Rudaux; translated by Dr. A. H. Keane. Pp. 360. (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1909.) Price 5s. net.
(2) How to Identify the Stars.
Dr. Willis I. Milham. Pp. v + 38 + plates. (New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1909.) Price 3s. net.
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(1) How to Study the Stars (2) How to Identify the Stars. Nature 82, 187 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/082187a0
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