Practical Talks by an Astronomer: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Practical Talks by an Astronomer, credited to Harold Jacoby, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Practical Talks by an Astronomer by Harold Jacoby. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. "The present volume has not been designed as a systematic treatise on astronomy. There are many excellent books of that kind, suitable for serious students as well as the general reader; but they are necessarily somewhat dry and unattractive, because they must aim at completeness. Completeness means detail, and detail means dryness. "But the science of astronomy contains subjects that admit of detached treatment; and as many of these are precisely the ones of greatest general interest, it has seemed well to select several, and describe them in language free from technicalities. It is hoped that the book will thus prove useful to persons who do not wish to give the time required for a study of astronomy as a whole, but who may take pleasure in devoting a half-hour now and then to a detached essay on some special topic." - Summary from the Preface.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Practical Talks by an Astronomer
• Author credits: Harold Jacoby
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 4:57:36

Catalogue topics

• stars
• astronomy
• sun
• practice
• nebulae

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:02
2. 01 - Navigation at Sea — 11:52
3. 02 - The Pleiades — 9:39
4. 03 - The Pole-Star — 12:25
5. 04 - Nebulae — 11:44
6. 05 - Temporary Stars — 13:56
7. 06 - Galileo — 11:17
8. 07 - The Planet of 1898 — 13:43
9. 08 - How to Make a Sun-Dial — 29:59
10. 09 - Photography in Astronomy — 38:59
11. 10 - Time Standards of the World — 29:03
12. 11 - Motions of the Earth's Pole — 9:28
13. 12 - Saturn's Rings — 16:11
14. 13 - The Heliometer — 11:55
15. 14 - Occultations — 10:57
16. 15 - Mounting Great Telescopes — 18:25
17. 16 - The Astronomer's Pole — 15:50
18. 17 - The Moon Hoax — 11:48
19. 18 - The Sun's Destination — 18:21

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