Two ASTRONOMY Classics, Volume II
Maria Mitchell - Life, Letters, and Journals, PLUS, Simon Newcomb - The Reminiscences of an Astronomer
This edition features
• two complete books
• a linked Table of Contents
MARIA MITCHELL - LIFE, LETTERS, AND JOURNALS, by Phoebe Mitchell Kendall
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I
The 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
CHAPTER II
"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
CHAPTER III
Wires in the transit instrument — Deacon Greele — Smithsonian fund — "Doing" — Rachel in "Phedre" and "Adrienne" — Emerson — The hard winter
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CHAPTER X
Second 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
CHAPTER XI
Papers — Science — Eclipse of 1878, Denver, Colorado — Colors of stars
CHAPTER XII
Religious 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
CHAPTER XIII
Letter-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
APPENDIX
THE REMINISCENCES OF AN ASTRONOMER, by Simon Newcomb
CONTENTS
I THE WORLD OF COLD AND DARKNESS
II DR. FOSHAY
III THE WORLD OF SWEETNESS AND LIGHT
IV LIFE AND WORK AT AN OBSERVATORY
V GREAT TELESCOPES AND THEIR WORK
VI THE TRANSITS OF VENUS
VII THE LICK OBSERVATORY
VIII THE AUTHOR’S SCIENTIFIC WORK
IX SCIENTIFIC WASHINGTON
X SCIENTIFIC ENGLAND
XI MEN AND THINGS IN EUROPE
XII THE OLD AND THE NEW WASHINGTON
XIII MISCELLANEA
