History of physical astronomy from the earliest ages to the middle of the nineteenth century

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1. PREFACE: Preface.Access to Book Part 
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Contents.Access to Book Part 
3. CHAPTER: Introduction.Access to Book Part 
4. CHAPTER: Chapter I - III. Early notions of Physical Astronomy. Newton's Intellectual Character considered in connection with his Scientific Researches. Reception on the Continent.Access to Book Part 
5. CHAPTER: Chapter IV - VII. Jupiter and Saturn. Figure of the Earth. Galileo. Simon Marius. Burelli. Cassini.Access to Book Part 
6. CHAPTER: Chapter VIII - XI. Physical Theory of the Satellites. Newton. Euler. Terrestrial Orbit. Lagrange and Laplace. Variation of the Mean Distances of the Planets.Access to Book Part 
7. CHAPTER: Chapter XII - XV. Ancient Observations of Uranus. Errors of Radius Vector. The Elements of the Planet Neptune deduces from Observation. Discovery of the Solar Spots.Access to Book Part 
8. CHAPTER: Chapter XVI - XVIII. Importance of Facts of the Cultivation of Physics. Bessel. Peters. Newton. Researches on Parallax. Historical Statement of total Eclipses of the Sun. Early Methods of observing the Celestial Bodies.Access to Book Part 
9. CHAPTER: Chapter XIX - XXI. Catalogues of Fixes Stars. Early Notions of the Telescope. Recent Standard Catalogues. Origin of Stellar Astronomy. New Stars.Access to Book Part 
10. APPENDIX: Appendix. I - VIII. Illustrations of Planetary Perturbation. Examination of some cases of actual Perturbation which occur in Planetary System.Access to Book Part 
11. INDEX: Index.Access to Book Part 
12. ERRATA: Additions and Corrections.Access to Book Part