Outlines of a course of lectures on meteorology : addressed to the senior class in Yale College ; Outlines of a course of lectures on astronomy : addressed to the senior class in Yale College / by Denison Olmsted.
By: Olmsted, Denison.
Material type: BookPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1850Description: 23, 16 leaves ; 23 cm.Other title: Outlines of a course of lectures on astronomy.Subject(s): METEOROLOGY | ASTRONOMYHoldings: GRETA POINT: 551.5:52 OLMItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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CONTENTS FOR THE METEOROLOGY LECTURES: Lecture I. Definitions, and general description of the atmosphere -- Lecture II. Natural evaporation and dew -- Lecture III. Fogs and clouds -- Lecture IV. Rain -- Lecture V. Snow -- Lecture VI. Hail -- Lecture VII. Remarkable properties combined in water -- Lecture VIII. Meteorological instruments and observations -- Lecture IX. Climate -- Lecture X. Ventilation -- Lecture XI. Practical management of heat -- Lecture XII. Winds -- Lecture XIII. Violent winds -- Lecture XIV. Laws of storms -- Lecture XV. Thunder storms -- Lecture XVI. Aurora borealis -- Lecture XVII. Meteoric showers -- Lecture XVIII. Theory of meteoric showers.
CONTENTS FOR THE ASTRONOMY LECTURES: Lecture I. Introductory -- Lecture II. Ancient astronomy -- Lecture III. Modern astronomy - from Copernicus to Newton -- Lecture IV. Modern astronomy - from Sir Isaac Newton to the present time -- Lecture V. The sun -- Lecture VI. The sun -- Lecture VII. The moon -- Lecture VIII. The planets -- Lecture IX. Planetary laws -- Lecture X. Planetary laws -- Lecture XI. Habitability of the planets -- Lecture XII. Comets -- Lecture XIII. Fixed stars -- Lecture XIV Systems of stars - Nature of the stars - Final purpose -- Lecture XV. Mechanism of the heavens -- Lecture XVI. Maedler’s central sun - Nebular hypothesis - Concluding reflections.
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