{"product_id":"2940148805687","title":"Two ASTRONOMY Classics, Volume II","description":"Two ASTRONOMY Classics, Volume II\u003cbr\u003eMaria Mitchell - Life, Letters, and Journals, PLUS, Simon Newcomb - The Reminiscences of an Astronomer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features\u003cbr\u003e • two complete books\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMARIA MITCHELL - LIFE, LETTERS, AND JOURNALS, by Phoebe Mitchell Kendall \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS (abridged list)\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eThe parents — Home life — Education, teachers, books — Astronomical instruments — Solar eclipse of 1831 — Teaching — Appointment as librarian of Nantucket Atheneum — Friendships for young people — Extracts from diary, 1855 — Music — The piano — Society — Story-telling — Housework — Extract from diary, 1854\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003e\"Sweeping\" the heavens — Discovery of the comet, 1847 — Frederick VI. and the comet — Letters from G. P. Bond and Hon. Edward Everett — Admiral Smyth — American Academy — American Association for the Advancement of Science — Extract from diary, 1855 — Dorothea Dix — Esther — Divers extracts from diary, 1853, 1854 — Comet of 1854 — Computations for comet — Visit to Cape Cod — Sandwich and Plymouth — Pilgrim Hall — Rev. James Freeman Clarke — Accidents in observing\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eWires in the transit instrument — Deacon Greele — Smithsonian fund — \"Doing\" — Rachel in \"Phedre\" and \"Adrienne\" — Emerson — The hard winter \u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eSecond visit to Europe — Russia — Extracts from diary and letters — Custom-house peculiarities — Russian railways — Domes — Russian thermometers and calendars — The drosky and drivers — Observatory at Pulkova — Herr Struve — Scientific position of Russia — Language — Religion — Democracy of the Church — Government — A Russian family — London, 1873 — Frances Power Cobbe — Bookstores in London — Glasgow College for Girls\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003ePapers — Science — Eclipse of 1878, Denver, Colorado — Colors of stars\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eReligious matters — President Taylor's remarks — Sermons — George MacDonald — Rev. Dr. Peabody — Dr. Lyman Abbott — Professor Henry — Meeting of the American Scientific Association at Saratoga — Professor Peirce — Concord School of Philosophy — Emerson — Miss Peabody — Dr. Harris — Easter flowers — Whittier — Rich days — Cooking schools — Anecdotes\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003eLetter-writing — Woman suffrage — Membership in various societies. — Women's Congress at Syracuse, N.Y. — Picnic at Medfield, Mass. — Degrees from different colleges — Published papers. — Failure in health — Resigns her position at Vassar College — Letters from various persons — Death — Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE REMINISCENCES OF AN ASTRONOMER, by Simon Newcomb\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eI THE WORLD OF COLD AND DARKNESS\u003cbr\u003eII DR. FOSHAY\u003cbr\u003eIII THE WORLD OF SWEETNESS AND LIGHT\u003cbr\u003eIV LIFE AND WORK AT AN OBSERVATORY\u003cbr\u003eV GREAT TELESCOPES AND THEIR WORK\u003cbr\u003eVI THE TRANSITS OF VENUS\u003cbr\u003eVII THE LICK OBSERVATORY\u003cbr\u003eVIII THE AUTHOR’S SCIENTIFIC WORK\u003cbr\u003eIX SCIENTIFIC WASHINGTON\u003cbr\u003eX SCIENTIFIC ENGLAND\u003cbr\u003eXI MEN AND THINGS IN EUROPE\u003cbr\u003eXII THE OLD AND THE NEW WASHINGTON\u003cbr\u003eXIII MISCELLANEA","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149114294512,"sku":"2940148805687","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/230576169.jpg?v=1747248761","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148805687","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}