The Project Gutenberg EBook of Astronomy for Amateurs, by Camille FlammarionThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Astronomy for AmateursAuthor: Camille FlammarionTranslator: Frances A. WelbyRelease Date: April 30, 2008 [EBook #25267]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURS ***Produced by Jason Isbell, Greg Bergquist and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netCONTEMPLATION Paul Renaud.CONTEMPLATIONASTRONOMY FORAMATEURSBYCAMILLE FLAMMARIONAUTHOR OF POPULAR ASTRONOMYAUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BYFRANCES A. WELBYILLUSTRATEDN E W Y O R K A N D L O N D O ND . A P P L E T O N A N D C O M P A N Y1 9 1 0Copyright, 1904, byD. APPLETON AND COMPANYPublished October, 1904TOMadame C.R. CAVARÉORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF FRANCECHÂTEAU DE MAUPERTHUISMadame: I have dedicated none of my works, save Stella—offered to the liberal-minded, the free and generous friendof progress, and patron of the sciences, James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald. In this volume, Madame, Imake another exception, and ask your permission to offer it to the first woman who consented to be enrolled in the list ofmembers of the Astronomical Society of France, as foundress of this ...
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