Books by Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball (1840~1913)

Bio

Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1 July 1840 – 25 November 1913) was an Irish astronomer who founded the screw theory. He was Royal Astronomer of Ireland at Dunsink Observatory. Read more on Wikipedia

Books

• Experimental Mechanics: A Course of Lectures Delivered at the Royal College of Science for Ireland
• Great Astronomers
• Star-land: Being Talks With Young People About the Wonders of the Heavens
• The Earth's Beginning
• Time and Tide: A Romance of the Moon