Pleasures Of The Telescope

Serviss, Garrett P.

Literature & Fiction

Kessinger Publishing

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Astronomy In A Nutshell: The Chief Facts And Principles Explained In Popular Language (1912)

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A Columbus of Space (Large Print Edition)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

BiblioLife

A Columbus of Space

Curiosities Of The Sky

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Wildside Pr

<p>Edmund answered with uncommon warmth: "If men had not been fools for so many ages they might have done this and more than this long ago. It's enough to make one ashamed of his race! For countless centuries, instead of grasping the power that nature had placed at the disposal of their intelligence, they have idled away their time gabbling about nothing. And even since, at last, they have begun to do something, look at the time that they have wasted upon such petty forces as steam and 'electricity,' burning whole mines of coal and whole lakes of oil and childishly calling upon winds and tides and waterfalls to help them, when they had under their thumbs the limitless energy of the atoms and no more understood it than a baby understands what makes its whistle scream! It's inter-atomic force that has brought us out here and that is going to carry us a great deal farther." We simply listened in silence; for what could we say? The facts were more eloquent than any words and called for no commentary. Seeing us speechless, Edmund resumed in a different tone: "We made a fairly good run during the night. . . ."</p>

A Columbus Of Space

The hero of this tale of scientific wonder is called "A Columbus of Space" because he is the first to take advantage fo the power of "inter-atomic energy," which enables him to navigate the Ocean of Ether and sail to the shores of another world than ours. He constructs a curious spool-shaped machine and "sets sail" into space, arriving with his companions on the planet Venus. A classic science fiction adventure in the style of and dedicated to the readers of Jules Verne. An independent scientist discovers the secret of “inter-atomic energy”, and with it builds a craft which carries himself and three friends to Venus, where they discover the dwellers of the dark side, incredible floating cities, and peril at every turn.

Columbus of Space

Hyperion Pr

What is here set down is the fruit of long and careful research among disjointed records left by survivors of the terrible events described. The writer wishes frankly to say that, in some instances, he has followed the course which all historians are compelled to take by using his imagination to round out the picture. But he is able conscientiously to declare that in the substance of his narrative, as well as in every detail which is specifically described, he has followed faithfully the accounts of eyewitnesses, or of those who were in a position to know the truth of what they related.

The Second Deluge (Classics of Science Fiction)

Curiosities of the Sky is a newly annotated edition of the 1909 popular astronomy classic. All of the original text, photographs and diagrams are preserved, and new text added providing updates in the progress of astronomy since the book was first published. Garrett Serviss wrote with a firm understanding of the science of the period. He was also graced with a delightful imagination and unequaled power of poetic expression in describing the wonders and mysteries of the universe. A few of the topics covered: * The strange unfixedness of the `fixed stars.' * The slow passing of the constellations. * The assembly of stars in immense clouds, swarms, and clusters. * The starless gaps in the Milky Way. * The marvelous phenomena of new, or temporary, stars. * The amazing forms of the whirlpool, spiral, pinwheel, and lace, or tress, nebulae. * The strange surroundings of the Sun. * The mystery of the Zodiacal Light and the Gegenschein. * The extraordinary transformations of comets and their tails. * The prodigies of meteorites and masses of stone and metal fallen from the sky. * The cataclysms that have wrecked the moon. * The problem of life and intelligence on Mars. * The problematical origin and fate of the asteroids. * The strange phenomena of the auroral lights.

Curiosities of the Sky

Sattre Pr

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