Pleasures of the Telescope

Pleasures of the Telescope
Garrett Putnam Serviss, american astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer (1851-1929)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK
-02- MOTTO
-03- PREFACE
-04- THE SELECTION AND TESTING OF A GLASS
-05- IN THE STARRY HEAVENS
-06- FROM GEMINI TO LEO AND ROUND ABOUT
-07- VIRGO AND HER NEIGHBORS
-08- IN SUMMER STAR LANDS
-09- FROM LYRA TO ERIDANUS
-10- PISCES, ARIES, TAURUS, AND THE NORTHERN STARS
-11- SCENES ON THE PLANETS
-12- THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF THE MOON
-13- ARE THERE PLANETS AMONG THE STARS
-14- FOOTNOTES