Author:Richard Anthony Proctor

Richard Anthony Proctor
(1837–1888)

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

• 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

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