Inhalt
Solar Instruments.- I. Instruments for the measurement of the total solar radiation.- II. Radio telescopes.- III. The image-forming instruments of solar astronomy.- IV. Construction and housing of solar telescopes.- V. Auxiliary instruments for solar telescopes.- VI. Instruments for the observation of solar eclipses.- VII. Some instrumental problems of solar observation.- Radio Astronomy Techniques.- I. Introduction.- II. Receivers.- III. Aerials.- IV. Theory of aerial smoothing.- V. Interferometers.- VI. Observing procedures and analysis of observations.- Photographic Photometry.- I. Preliminary remarks.- II. Observing materials.- III. Measuring instruments.- IV. Some properties of photographic star images.- V. Image-form factors.- VI. Chromatic factors.- VII. Atmospheric extinction.- VIII. Photometric systems.- IX. Establishment of a fundamental magnitude scale by photography.- X. Scale and zero-point transfers.- XI. Photography as a method of photometric interpolation.- XII. Determination of color indices.- XIII. Quantitative classification photometry.- XIV. Qualitative classification photometry.- La nature de la surf ace des planètes et de la Lune.- I. La Lune.- II. La Planète Mercure.- III. Les astéroïdes.- IV. Les satellites de Jupiter.- V. La Planète Mars.- VI. Conclusion.- Photoelectric Techniques.- I. Introduction.- II. Photoelectric detectors of radiation.- III. Amplifying and indicating instruments.- IV. The photometer on the telescope.- V. Photoelectric spectrophotometry.- VI. Electron image tubes.- General references.- Sachverzeichnis (Deutsch-Englisch).- Subject Index (English-German).- Table des matières (Français).