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