# The Popular Science Monthly, July, 1900 Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900

Author: Various; Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Science - Physics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47238

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## Summary

It would be difficult to name any subject of investigation, the progress of which during our time has been more remarkable than that in the field of stellar astronomy. Several features of this progress are especially noteworthy. One of these is the mere extension of research. A natural result of the northern hemisphere being the home of civilized peoples was that, thirty years ago, the study of the southern heavens had been comparatively neglected. It is true that the curiosity of the inquiring astronomers of the past would not be satisfied without their knowing something of what was to be seen south of the equator. Various enterprises and establishments had therefore contributed to our k...

## Chapters

- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-popular-science-monthly-july-1900-vol-57-may-1900-to-octobe-8f34552e/chapters/13/index.md)