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Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings

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Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings
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Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Number of pages: 372

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Intended as a contribution to popular astronomy, this book provides a varied introduction to telescopes and their usage. William F. Denning (1848-1931) was a British astronomer famous for his planetary observations and meteor studies.

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