Author:Richard Anthony Proctor

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Richard Anthony Proctor (1837–1888)

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British astronomer

Richard Anthony Proctor

Works

Articles

• The Pyramid of Cheops

Articles in The American Cyclopædia

• “Nebula,” in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
• “Nebular Hypothesis,” in The American Cyclopædia (1879)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• “The Recent Eclipse of the Sun,” in Popular Science Monthly, 1 (May 1872)
• “A Giant Planet,” in Popular Science Monthly, 1 (July 1872)
• “Drifting of the Stars,” in Popular Science Monthly, 2 (December 1872)
• “Venus on the Sun's Face,” in Popular Science Monthly, 3 (July 1873)
• “The Weather and the Sun,” in Popular Science Monthly, 3 (August 1873)
• “The Great Nebula in Orion,” in Popular Science Monthly, 3 (September 1873)
• “Finding the Way at Sea,” in Popular Science Monthly, 3 (October 1873)
• “News from Jupiter,” in Popular Science Monthly, 4 (February 1874)
• “The Endowment of Scientific Research I,” in Popular Science Monthly, 7 (July 1875)
• “The Endowment of Scientific Research II,” in Popular Science Monthly, 7 (August 1875)
• “Astronomy in America,” in Popular Science Monthly, 10 (November 1876)
• “An American Astronomical Achievement,” in Popular Science Monthly, 10 (February 1877)
• “Movements of Jupiter's Cloud-Masses,” in Popular Science Monthly, 11 (May 1877)
• “Star or Star-Mist,” in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (December 1877)
• “Expected Meteoric Display,” in Popular Science Monthly, 16 (December 1879)
• “Science and Safety at Sea,” in Popular Science Monthly, 24 (March 1884)
• “Origin of Comets and Meteors,” in Popular Science Monthly, 31 (May 1887)

Books

• Chance and Luck (Project Gutenberg)
• Easy Lessons in the Differential Calculus (External scan)
• The Expanse of Heaven (External scan)
• Half-Hours with the Stars (External scan) (Project Gutenberg)
• Half-Hours with the Telescope (External scan) (Project Gutenberg)
• Light Science for Leisure Hours (External scan)
• The Moon: her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition (External scans (multiple versions): 1873, 1886)
• Myths and Marvels of Astronomy (External scans (multiple versions): 1877, 1878, 1878, 1896, 1903, 1903) (Project Gutenberg)
• Old and New Astronomy (External scan)
• Other Worlds than Ours (External scan)
• Our Place among Infinities (External scan)
• Transits of Venus (External scan)

Works about Proctor

• “Proctor, Richard Anthony,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• “Sketch of R. A. Proctor,” in Popular Science Monthly, 4 (February 1874)