[meteorite-list] Re:The Astronomical Outlook
From: Fredmeteorhall_at_aol.com <Fredmeteorhall_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:32 2004 Message-ID: <b9.21bdefaf.2a35a3c6_at_aol.com> --part1_b9.21bdefaf.2a35a3c6_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From an essay in Harper's Magazine, February, 1899 by Professor C. A. Young. Republished in the book "Little Masterpieces Of Science, The Skies and the Earth" 1902. In the chapter "The Astronomical Outlook" the last paragraph reads...But how rapidly this knowledge will be gained must, of course, depend on many things; one dares not prophesy. And yet it is certain that the astronomers of the century to come will stand on a plane above our own, with instruments, appliances, and methods more delicate, more powerful, more far-reaching than ours; and it is only reasonable to anticipate for the twentieth century an accelerated advance in every science. Astronomy among the rest,--the oldest, most glorious of all, will surely maintain her place in the triumphal march. End. Professor C. A. Young may just as well have been speaking about this century. This is a fine little book that covers geology and astronomy, from "Photography of the Skies" to "Earthquakes and Volcanoes" and has a small section about asteroids. Good Hunting, Fred Hall --part1_b9.21bdefaf.2a35a3c6_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">From an essay in Harper's Magazine, February, 1899 by Professor C. A. Young. Republished in the book "Little Masterpieces Of Science, The Skies and the Earth" 1902. In the chapter "The Astronomical Outlook" the last paragraph reads...But how rapidly this knowledge will be gained must, of course, depend on many things; one dares not prophesy. And yet it is certain that the astronomers of the century to come will stand on a plane above our own, with instruments, appliances, and methods more delicate, more powerful, more far-reaching than ours; and it is only reasonable to anticipate for the twentieth century an accelerated advance in every science. Astronomy among the rest,--the oldest, most glorious of all, will surely maintain her place in the triumphal march. End.<BR> Professor C. A. Young may just as well have been speaking about this century. This is a fine little book that covers geology and astronomy, from "Photography of the Skies" to "Earthquakes and Volcanoes" and has a small section about asteroids.<BR> Good Hunting, Fred Hall<BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_b9.21bdefaf.2a35a3c6_boundary-- Received on Mon 10 Jun 2002 02:40:06 AM PDT |
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