Abstract
THE present volume, which is to a great extent a reprint, is designed for the help and instruction of those who, possessing a small telescope, are at a loss as to how best to use it. On the whole, the book well fulfils its author's purpose. Clear, simple, straightforward, and practical, it gives just that elementary instruction in the use of a small instrument which so many require, and which has hitherto been provided for them nowhere else, and it will undoubtedly serve as a good introduction to more advanced books, such as Webb's “Celestial Objects.” Occasionally a rash statement needing correction is met with—e.g. the footnote on p. 84—but for the most part the book has been carefully written. It is illustrated by a good map of the moon, and, by over one hundred woodcuts. The latter are clear, but possess no special merit otherwise; indeed, the representations of Jupiter and Saturn are poor; but, despite a few such slight blemishes in detail, the volume cannot fail to be useful.
Hours with a Three-Inch Telescope.
By Capt. Wm. Noble (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886.)
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Hours with a Three-Inch Telescope . Nature 35, 246 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035246b0
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