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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Reminiscences of an Astronomer, by Simon Newcomb This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Author: Simon Newcomb Release Date: September 17, 2006 [eBook #19309] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE REMINISCENCES OF AN ASTRONOMER*** E-text prepared by Ferdinand van Aartsen THE REMINISCENCES OF AN ASTRONOMER by SIMON NEWCOMB 1903 PREFACE The earlier chapters of this collection are so much in the nature of an autobiography that the author has long shrunk from the idea of allowing them to see the light during his lifetime. His repugnance has been overcome by very warm expressions on the subject uttered by valued friends to whom they were shown, and by a desire that some at least who knew him in youth should be able to read what he has written. The author trusts that neither critic nor reader will object because he has, in some cases, strayed outside the limits of his purely personal experience, in order to give a more complete view of a situation, or to bring out matters that might be of historic interest. If some of the chapters are scrappy, it is because he has tried to collect those experiences which have afforded him most food for thought, have been most influential in shaping his views, or are recalled with most pleasure. CONTENTS I THE WORLD OF COLD AND DARKNESS Ancestry.--Squire Thomas Prince.--Parentage.--Early Education.-- Books read. II DR. FOSHAY A Long Journey on Foot.--A Wonderful Doctor.--The Botanic System of Medicine.--Phrenology.--A Launch into the World.--A Disillusion.-- Life in Maryland.--Acquaintance with Professor Henry.--Removal to Cambridge. III THE WORLD OF SWEETNESS AND LIGHT The American Astronomical Ephemeris.--The Men who made it.-- Harvard in the Middle of the Century.--A Librarian of the Time.-- Professor Peirce.--Dr. Gould, the "Astronomical Journal," and the Dudley Observatory.--W. P. G. Bartlett.--John D. Runkle and the "Mathematical Monthly."--A Mathematical Politician.--A Trip to Manitoba and a Voyage up the Saskatchew
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