The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Lectures on Astronomy

Phoenix, John. "Lectures on Astronomy." New York Saturday Press, September 16, 1865, 106-108.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
essay
Abstract

An inventive characterization and description of the planets and stars. Phoenix also reports facts about the planets' orbits, appearances, and other astronomical points of interest.