A compendium of astronomy: being a concise description of the most interesting phenomena of the heavens (1849)

Record Details:

Title:
A compendium of astronomy: being a concise description of the most interesting phenomena of the heavens
Date:
1849
Publisher:
London: Carpenter and Westley
Volume:
A Compendium of astronomy: being a concise description of the most interesting phenomena of the heavens
Leaf #:
00039
Language:
English
Collection:
Magic Lantern and Lantern Slide Catalog
Format:
Catalogs
Contributor:
Toverlantaarnmuseum Scheveningen (TOMU)
Sponsor:
A Million Pictures
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Lecture notes with comments to a set of astronomical lanterns slides of the same title. The full title of the lecture is 'A compendium of astronomy: being a concise description of the most interesting phenomena of the heavens intended to accompany a series of thirty diagrams, contained in single sliders, the paintings three inches in diameter exhibited by the improved phantasmagoria lantern'. The slides and the notes were produced by Carpenter & Westley. The lecture explains what is seen in the images that were projected from lantern slides on to a screen. This version is from 1849 but an earlier version from 1837 is also known. Carpenter and Westley's lantern slide set on astronomy was widely used in (popular) education on the subject, and examples of slides can be found in several collections. To learn more about Carpenter and Westley and to see examples of slides in their collection, visit the Lucerna Magic Lantern Web Resource http://slides.uni-trier.de/organisation/index.php?id=1000618 .
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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36 much the aspect of the round figure, with the same di- vision on one side into two layers, which we see when we trace the Milky Way through the firmament. In conclusion, it may be observed that it seems im- possible for any person to enter so far into the study of Astronomy, as to arrive at a knowledge of the various disturbing causes which atfect different parts of our system, and the wonderful powers of compensation which everywhere counteract them, without arriving at the conclusion “ that all this is the work of intelligence and design, directing the original constitution of our system, and impressing such motions on the parts, as are cal- culated to give stability to the whole.” EVANS AND ABBOTT, PRINTERS, CLARE-STREET BRISTOL.