Author: Étienne Léopold Trouvelot

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-28

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781333775063

Excerpt from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Manual During a study ofthe heavens, which has now been continued for more than fifteen years, I have made a large number of observations pertaining to physical astronomy, together with many original drawings representing the most interesting celestial Objects and phenomena. With a view to making these observations more generally useful, I was led, some years ago, to prepare, from this collection of draw ings, a series of astronomical pictures, which were intended to repre sent the celestial phenomena as they appear to a trained eye and to an experienced draughtsman through the great modern telescopes, provided with the most delicate instrumental appliances. Over two years were spent in the preparation of this series, which consisted of a number of large drawings executed in pastel. In 1876, these draw ings were displayed at the United States Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, forming a part of the Massachusetts exhibit, in the Department of Education and Science. The drawings forming the present series comprise only a part of those exhibited at Philadelphia; but, although fewer in number. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.