The New Heavens

The New Heavens

George Ellery Hale, american solar astronomer (1868-1938)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- PREFACE

-04- THE NEW HEAVENS

-05- EARLY INSTRUMENTS

-06- STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

-07- MODERN METHODS

-08- REFRACTORS AND REFLECTORS

-09- 100, INCH TELESCOPE

-10- ATMOSPHERIC LIMITATIONS

-11- CRITICAL TESTS

-12- CLOSE DOUBLE STARS

-13- GIANT STARS

-14- STAR IMAGES

-15- THE INTERFEROMETER

-16- A LABORATORY EXPERIMENT

-17- THE 20-FOOT INSTRUMENT

-18- THE GIANT BETELGEUSE

-19- STELLAR EVOLUTION

-20- TWO OTHER GIANTS

-21- COSMIC CRUCIBLES

-22- SOLAR HELIUM

-23- SUN SPOTS AS MAGNETS

-24- THE TOWER TELESCOPE

-25- STELLAR CHEMISTRY

-26- ASTROPHYSICAL LABORATORIES

-27- NEWTON AND EINSTEIN

-28- TRANSMUTATION OF THE ELEMENTS

-29- COSMIC PRESSURES

-30- PRACTICAL VALUE OF RESEARCHES ON THE CONSTITUTION OF MATTER