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IND-IIA-F069 · Fond · 1887

The “Memorandums of the Imperial Academy of Sciences” publish scientific papers from various disciplines and contribute to academic research. Volume 52, containing the “Canon of Eclipses,” was a valuable resource for astronomy and astrophysics enthusiasts who want to study eclipses in the past and future and make predictions about such events. This publication comes from Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer and was published in 1887. The “Canon of Eclipses” was a comprehensive collection of over 13,000 solar and lunar eclipses, including all total solar and penumbral lunar eclipses between ?1208 B.C.E. and 2161 AD. This book provides detailed information on the timing, duration and location of all eclipses mentioned.

Oppolzer, Theodor Ritter von
IND-IIA-F040 · Fond · 1872

This item was an instrument used to measure time. A wire rope is wound around a drum which unwinds in a fixed time under gravity. A maker which moves horizontally, marks out the time elapsed on a linear scale. This instrument was used before the invention of the pendulum clock for Astronomical measurements at the Madras Observatory.

Eicheus
IND-IIA-F077 · Fond · 1947

Earth, Moon and Planets was a book written by Fred Lawrence Whipple and originally published in 1947. It has 302 pages. The book covers various aspects of the Earth, Moon, and planets within our solar system, like the physical characteristics of these bodies, their orbits, geological features, atmospheric properties, and the processes that shaped them.

Whipple, Fred Lawrence
General Astronomy - 1922
IND-IIA-F072 · Fond · 1922

The book General Astronomy was written by ?Sir Harold Spencer Jones. It was published in ?1922. This book contains 392 pages and covers various topics in astronomy. The topics mentioned in the book are related to ?celestial bodies, planetary motion, telescopes, and the solar system. It also includes information on stars, galaxies, and other astronomical phenomena.

Jones, Harold Spencer