Richard Anthony Proctor
(1837–1888)

British astronomer

Richard Anthony Proctor

Works

Articles

Articles in The American Cyclopædia

Contributions to EB9


Books

  • Saturn and its System (1865)
  • Handbook of the Stars (1866)
  • Constellation Seasons ()
  • Sun Views of the Earth ()
  • Half-Hours with the Telescope (1868) (external scan) (Project Gutenberg)
  • Half-Hours with the Stars (1869) (external scan) (Project Gutenberg)
  • Easy Lessons in the Differential Calculus (external scan)
  • Other Worlds than Ours (1870) (external scan)
  • Star Atlas (1870)
  • Light Science for Leisure Hours (1871)(external scan)
  • The Sun: Ruler, Fire, Light, and Life of the Planetary System (1871)
  • Elementary Astronomy (1871)
  • The Orbs around us (1872)
  • Essays in Astronomy (1872)
  • Elementary Geography (1872)
  • School Atlas of Astronomy (1872)
  • Myths and Marvels of Astronomy (1873) (1877 external scan) (Project Gutenberg)}}
  • The Moon: her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition (1873) (external scan)
  • The Borderland of Science (1873)
  • The Expanse of Heaven (1873) (external scan)
  • Transits of Venus: a popular account of past and coming transits from the first observed by Horrocks A.D. 1639 to the transit of A.D. 2012 (1874) (external scan)
  • Our Place among Infinities (1875) (external scan)
  • A Treatise On the Cycloid and All Forms of Cycloidal Curves (1878)
  • Pleasant Ways to Science (1878)
  • The Universe of Stars (1878)
  • Flowers of the Sky (1879)
  • The Poetry of Astronomy (1880)
  • Rough Ways Made Smooth (1880)
  • Easy Star Lessons (1882)
  • Familiar Science Studies (1882)
  • Mysteries of Time and Space (1883)
  • The Great Pyramid: Observatory, Tomb, and Temple (1883)
  • The Universe of Suns (1884)
  • The Seasons (1885)
  • How to Play Whist (1885)
  • Other Suns than ours (1887)
  • Chance and Luck: A Discussion of the Laws of Luck, Coincidences, Wagers, Lotteries, and the Fallacies of Gambling; With Notes on Poker and Martingales (1887) (Project Gutenberg)
  • Old and New Astronomy (1892), completed by Arthur Cowper Ranyard (external scan)

Cornhill Magazine

  • "Colours of Double Stars" (1865)

Works about Proctor

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