On The Proper Use Of Stars
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On The Proper Use Of Stars
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Author : Dominique Fortier
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Release Date : 2010-09-07
On The Proper Use Of Stars written by Dominique Fortier and has been published by McClelland & Stewart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-07 with Fiction categories.
A sparkling, inventive debut novel inspired by Sir John Franklin's grand — but ultimately failed — quest to discover the Northwest Passage and by his extraordinary wife, Lady Jane. Originally published in Quebec as Du bon usage des etoiles, Dominique Fortier's debut On the Proper Use of Stars is as fresh and imaginative as anything published in recent years. It weaves together the voices of Francis Crozier, Sir John Franklin's second in command, who turns a sceptical eye on the grandiose ambitions and hubris of his leader, and of Lady Jane Franklin and her niece Sophia, both driven to uncommon actions by love and by frustration as months then years pass with no word from the expedition. Fortier skilfully accents the main narratives with overheard conversations and snippets from letters and documents that bring two entirely different worlds — the frozen Arctic and busy Victorian London — alive.
Logic Or The Right Use Of Reason Etc
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Author : Isaac Watts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1825
Logic Or The Right Use Of Reason Etc written by Isaac Watts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1825 with categories.
Positions And Proper Motions Of 1504 Standard Stars For The Equinox 1925 0
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Author : William Snyder Eichelberger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
Positions And Proper Motions Of 1504 Standard Stars For The Equinox 1925 0 written by William Snyder Eichelberger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Stars categories.
Logick Or The Right Use Of Reason In The Enquiry After Truth
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Author : Isaac Watts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1729
Logick Or The Right Use Of Reason In The Enquiry After Truth written by Isaac Watts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1729 with Conduct of life categories.
Catalog Of Proper Motions For The 5 965 Stars Of The Six Inch Transit Circle Program 1949 1956
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Author : R. W. Rhynsburger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Catalog Of Proper Motions For The 5 965 Stars Of The Six Inch Transit Circle Program 1949 1956 written by R. W. Rhynsburger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Astronomy categories.
Astronomical Papers Prepared For The Use Of The American Ephemeris And Nautical Almanac
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1912
Astronomical Papers Prepared For The Use Of The American Ephemeris And Nautical Almanac written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with Astronomy categories.
Logic Or The Right Use Of Reason In The Inquiry After Truth With Rules To Guard Against Error In The Affairs Of Religion And Human Life As Well As In The Sciences With A Portrait
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Author : Isaac Watts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1824
Logic Or The Right Use Of Reason In The Inquiry After Truth With Rules To Guard Against Error In The Affairs Of Religion And Human Life As Well As In The Sciences With A Portrait written by Isaac Watts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1824 with categories.
Half Hours With The Stars
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Author : Richard Anthony Proctor
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-25
Half Hours With The Stars written by Richard Anthony Proctor and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with Science categories.
Excerpt from Half-Hours With the Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations, Showing, in Twelve Maps, the Position for the United States of the Principal Star Groups Night After Night Throughout the Year; With Introduction and a Separate Explanation of Each Map, True F It is very easy to gain a knowledge of the stars, if the learner sets to work in the proper manner. But he commonly meets with a difficulty at the outset of his task. He provides himself with a set of the ordinary star-maps, and then finds himself at a loss how to make use of them. Such maps tell him nothing of the position of the constellations on the sky. If he happen to recognize a constellation, then indeed his maps, if properly constructed, will tell him the names of the stars forming the constellation, and also he may be able to recognize a few of the neighboring constellations. But when he has done this he may meet with a new difficulty, even as respects this very constellation. For if he look for it again some months later, he will neither find it in its former place nor will it present the same aspect, - if indeed it happen to be above the horizon at all. It is clear, then, that what the learner wants is a set of maps specially constructed to show him in what part of the sky the constellations are to be looked for. He ought on any night of the year to be able to turn at once to the proper map, and in that map he ought to see at once what to look for, toward what point of the compass each visible constellation lies, and how high it is above the horizon. And, if possible (as the present work shows is the case), one map ought to suffice to exhibit the aspect of the whole heavens, in order that the beginner may not be confused by turning from map to map, and trying to find out how each fits in with the others. It is to fulfil these requirements that the present maps have been constructed. Each exhibits the aspect of the whole sky at a given day and hour. The circumference of the map represents the natural horizon, the middle of the map representing the part of the sky which lies immediately overhead. If the learner hold one of these maps over his head, so as to look vertically upwards at it, the different parts of the horizon marked in round the circumference being turned towards the proper compass points, he will see the same view of the heavens as he would if he were to lie on his back and look upwards at the sky, only that the map is a planisphere and the sky a hemisphere. But although this illustration serves to indicate the nature of the maps, the actual mode of using them is more convenient. Let it first be noted that properly speaking the maps have neither top, bottom, nor sides. Each map may be held with any part of the circumference downward: then the centre of the map is to be looked upon as the top for that part of the circumference. The portion of the map lying beneath the centre represents the portion of the sky lying between the point overhead and a certain part of the horizon - the part in fact corresponding to the particular part of the circumference which is turned downwards. Thus if on any night we wish to learn what are the stars towards the north, we look for the map corresponding to that night. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
The Island Of Books
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Author : Dominique Fortier
language : en
Publisher: Coach House Books
Release Date : 2016-11-08
The Island Of Books written by Dominique Fortier and has been published by Coach House Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-08 with Fiction categories.
A fifteenth-century portrait painter, grieving the untimely death of his unrequited love, takes refuge at the monastery at Mont Saint-Michel, an island off the coast of France. He haunts the halls until the monks assign him the task of copying manuscripts – though he is illiterate. His work heals him and grows the monastery's library into a beautiful city of books, all under the shadow of the invention of the printing press. Dominique Fortier is an editor and translator living in Montreal. She is the author of five books, including On the Proper Use of Stars and Wonder. Rhonda Mullins is an award-winning translator and writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
The Cause Of The Supposed Proper Motion Of The Fixed Stars
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Author : Lieut Drayson
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-04-17
The Cause Of The Supposed Proper Motion Of The Fixed Stars written by Lieut Drayson and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-17 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.