Download or read book A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy, Vol. 3 written by George Frederick Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy, Vol. 3: The Starry Heavens Arranged in three classes. Five kinds of nebulae.-the Pleiades. - The Hyades. Mentioned by Homer. - Praesepe. - Opinion of Aratus and Theophrastus. Coma Berenices. - List of Clusters - Annular Nebulae - Elliptic Nebulae. 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.