Manual of Astronomy (textbook)

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Manual of Astronomy is a foundational 19th-century astronomy textbook by American astronomer Charles Augustus Young that systematically presents the principles and observations of celestial science.

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instanceOf 19th-century book ⓘ
astronomy textbook ⓘ
scientific textbook ⓘ
associatedWith Charles Augustus Young ⓘ
author Charles Augustus Young ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs foundational 19th-century astronomy text ⓘ
systematic presentation of principles of astronomy ⓘ
educationalLevel advanced secondary ⓘ
university ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
genre educational literature ⓘ
scientific non-fiction ⓘ
hasPart chapters on eclipses ⓘ
chapters on planetary motions ⓘ
chapters on stellar astronomy ⓘ
chapters on tides ⓘ
mathematical appendices ⓘ
influenced astronomy education in the United States ⓘ
intendedAudience science instructors ⓘ
students of astronomy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject astronomical instruments ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ
comets ⓘ
descriptive astronomy ⓘ
nebulae ⓘ
observational astronomy ⓘ
solar system ⓘ
spherical astronomy ⓘ
stars ⓘ
telescopes ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
topic Kepler's laws ⓘ
Newtonian gravitation in astronomy ⓘ
celestial coordinates ⓘ
moon and its motions ⓘ
parallax ⓘ
precession and nutation ⓘ
spectroscopy in astronomy ⓘ
sun and solar phenomena ⓘ
uses mathematical derivations ⓘ
observational data ⓘ

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