The Elements Of The Four Inner Planets And The Fundamental Constants Of Astronomy (1895) - Hardcover

Newcomb, Simon

9781120854766: The Elements Of The Four Inner Planets And The Fundamental Constants Of Astronomy (1895)

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ISBN 10: 1120854768 ISBN 13: 9781120854766

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, 2009

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The book ""The Elements Of The Four Inner Planets And The Fundamental Constants Of Astronomy"" was written by Simon Newcomb in 1895. It is a comprehensive guide to the four inner planets of our solar system, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The book provides detailed information on the physical characteristics, orbital parameters, and geological features of these planets. In addition to the planetary information, the book also covers the fundamental constants of astronomy, such as the astronomical unit, the sidereal year, and the parallax of stars. The author explains the methods used to calculate these constants and their significance in the field of astronomy.Simon Newcomb was a prominent American astronomer and mathematician of the 19th century. He was known for his contributions to the study of celestial mechanics and his accurate calculations of astronomical constants. This book is a reflection of his expertise in the field of astronomy and his passion for sharing his knowledge with others.Overall, ""The Elements Of The Four Inner Planets And The Fundamental Constants Of Astronomy"" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the study of our solar system and the science of astronomy. It provides a comprehensive overview of the inner planets and the fundamental constants that govern the movements of celestial bodies.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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The diversity in the adopted values of the elements and constants of astronomy is productive of inconvenience to all who are engaged in investigations based upon these quantities, and injurious to the precision and symmetry of much of our astronomical work. If any cases exist in which uniform and consistent values of all these quantities are embodied in an extended series of astronomical results, whether in the form of ephemerides or results of observations, they are the exception rather than the rule. The longer thisdiversity continues the greater the difficulties which astronomers of the future will meet in utilizing the work of our time. On taking charge of the work of preparing the American Ephemeris in 1877 the writer was so strongly impressed with the inconvenience arising, from this source that he deemed it advisable to devote all the force which he could spare to the work of deriving improved values of the fundamental elements and embodying them in new tables of the celestial motions. It was expected that the work could all be done in ten years. But a number of circumstances, not necessary to describe at present, prevented the fulfillment of this hope. Only now is the work complete so far as regards the fundamental constants and the elements of the planets fromM ercury to Jupiter inclusive. The construction of tables of the four inner planets is now in progress, those of Jupiter andS aturn having already been completed by Mr. Hill. All these tables will be published as soon as possible, and the investigations on which they are based are intended, so far as it is ijracticable to condense them, to appear in subsequent volumes of the Astronomical Papers of the American Uphemeris. As it will take several years to bring out these volumes, it has been deemed advisable to publish in advance the present brief summary of the work.
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