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Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface / Madden, Edward H. -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. New Windows On The Universe -- On The Application Of Interference Methods To Astronomical Measurements / Michelson, Albert Abraham -- 2. A Test Of A New Type Of Stellar Interferometer On Sirius / Hanbury Brown, Robert / Twiss, Richard Q. -- 3. Concerning Observations Of Penetrating Radiation On Seven Free Balloon Flights / Hess, Victor Franz -- 4. The Possibilities Of Large Telescopes / Hale, George Ellery -- 5. A Rapid Coma-free Mirror System / Schmidt, Bernhard V. -- 6. On The Discovery Of Extraterrestrial Radio Waves / Jansky, Karl G. / Reber, Grote -- 7. Searching For Interstellar Communications / Cocconi, Giuseppe / Morrison, Philip -- 8. The Photoelectric Photometry Of The Stars / Stebbins, Joel / Johnson, Harold L. / Morgan, William W. -- 9. The First Results Obtained From Photographs Of The Invisible Side Of The Moon / Barabashov, N. P. / Lipskii, Yu. N. -- 10. X-ray And Extreme Ultraviolet Observations Of The Sun / Friedman, Herbert -- 11. Evidence For X-rays From Sources Outside The Solar System / Giacconi, Riccardo / Gursky, Herbert / Paolini, Frank R. / Rossi, Bruno B. -- 12. Infrared Observations Of The Galactic Center / Becklin, Eric E. / Neugebauer, Gerry -- 13. Interstellar Deuterium Abundance In The Direction Of Beta Centauri / Rogerson, John B. / York, Donald G. -- Chapter Ii. The Solar System -- 14. The Moon's Face: A Study Of The Origin Of Its Features / Gilbert, Grove Karl -- 15. Of Atmospheres Upon Planets And Satellites / Johnstone Stoney, George -- 16. On The Probable Existence Of A Magnetic Field In Sun-spots / Ellery Hale, George -- 17. How Could A Rotating Body Such As The Sun Become A Magnet? / Larmor, Joseph -- 18. Polarization Of The Moon And Of The Planets Mars And Mercury / Lyot, Bernard -- 19. The Theory Of Continental Drift / Wegener, Alfred -- 20. The Spectra Of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, And Saturn Under High Dispersion / Dunham, Theodore -