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    • A New Astronomy - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      ASTRONOMY is pre-eminently a practical science, yet instruction in it, and especially in the branch which pertains to geography, usually consists of a course of study of text-books ...

    • The New Hamburg Observatory - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      IN the United States the science of astronomy has enjoyed for many years the advantage of liberal financial support, and the erection of a new observatory on an imposing scale ...

    • Nautical Astronomy - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      IF the compass is the navigator's sheet-anchor, the sextant is certainly his best bower; and just as the former was known, if not generally used in Europe, about a century before Flavio Gioia ...