In the spirit if giving that Bert (Avandonk) has started I have an Astronomy book that is useless to me (and most people) but might suit a collector of Astronomical History. It is just sitting around here going to waste.
It is a paperback.
Title: The Size of the Universe
By: F.J. Hargreaves
Printed in: 1948
Much of the information is incorrect and out-of-date but it would suit someone who is into the study of the history of 'Modern? Astronomy'.
Don't say you want it just because it's free, please only take it if you are genuinly 'into' Modern Astronomy History. The book is not tattered and worn, it is in quite good condition for its age.
These are the contents:
Primitive & Modern Ideas contrasted
Drawing the Solar System to scale
Finding the scale of the Solar System
The distances of the stars
Moving clusters and the Doppler principle
Binary stars
Indirect methods of measuring Stellar distances
Summing up the Galactic system
The 'White' nebula
Exploring the depths of space
Large reflecting telescopes
Is the universe finite or infinite?
Why are the nebula receeding - if they are?
Relativity
Finite but Boundless space
Summing up
and there are some nice old Black & White pics too.
Don't be confused by some of the contents titles, the author refers to Galaxies as 'nebulas' as they were called back then.
