Sun, The

Description: Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. First published in 1914, R. A. Sampson's book The Sun presents an early twentieth-century overview of the facts, theories and astronomical phenomena relating to the Sun. Table of Contents: Preface; 1. Science and the Sun; 2. The Sun's output of heat; 3. The Sun as the mechanical centre of the world; 4. The spectroscope; 5. Definition of the Sun's surface; 6. Periodicity of the Sun; 7. Eclipses of the Sun; 8. The Sun as a star; Bibliography; Numerical data; Index.