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• Astrophysics
• Mechanics

• Celestial mechanics -- Early works to 1800
• Planetary theory

• Gravitational astronomy
• Mechanics, Celestial

• The Foundations of Celestial Mechanics (c2004), by George W. Collins (PDF files at Harvard)
• An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics (New York and London: Interscience Publishers, 1960), by Theodore E. Sterne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Foundations of Mechanics (second edition, 1987), by Ralph Abraham and Jerrold E. Marsden (PDF with commentary at Caltech)
• An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics (New York and London: Macmillan, 1902), by Forest Ray Moulton (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics (second revised edition; New York: Macmillan, c1914), by Forest Ray Moulton (PDF at djm.cc)
• Mechanism of the Heavens (second edition; based on the 1831 edition), by Mary Somerville, ed. by Russell McNeil (PDF files at malaspina.com)
• The Collected Mathematical Works of George William Hill, by George William Hill
  • volume 1: page images at Cornell
  • volume 2: page images at Cornell
  • volume 3: page images at Cornell
  • volume 4: page images at Cornell

• The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (2 volumes; London: Printed for B. Motte, 1729), by Isaac Newton, trans. by Andrew Motte
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (microfilm scan): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (microfilm scan): multiple formats at archive.org
• Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica (in Latin; London: Jussu Societatis Regiae ac Typis I. Streater, 1687), by Isaac Newton
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Principes Mathématiques de la Philosophie Naturelle, par Feue Madame la Marquise du Chastellet (2 volumes in French; Paris: Desaint and Saillant, and Lambert, 1756), by Isaac Newton and Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Du Châtelet (page images at e-rara.ch)
• Principes Mathématiques de la Philosophie Naturelle, par Feue Madame la Marquise du Chastellet (2 volumes in French; Paris: Desaint and Saillant, and Lambert, 1759), by Isaac Newton and Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Du Châtelet (page images at e-rara.ch)
• Newton's Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy; To which is added, Newton's System of the World (first American edition; New York: Daniel Adee, c1846), by Isaac Newton, trans. by Andrew Motte, contrib. by N. W. Chittenden
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Harmonies of the World, by Johannes Kepler, trans. by Charles Glenn Wallis (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)

• Geonomy: A Theory of the Ocean Currents and Their Agency in the Formation of the Continents; to which is added Astrogenea: A New Theory of the Formation of Planetary Systems (Albion, MI: Albion Commecial College; Boston: S. F. Nichols, 1866), by J. Stanley Grimes
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at MOA

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Fundamentals of Stellar Astrophysics (c2003), by George W. Collins (PDF files at Harvard)
• Astronomy and Astrophysics (1988), by National Research Council Space Science Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
• A New Science Strategy for Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, by National Research Council Space Studies Board (HTML and page images at NAP)

• Protostars and Planets IV (c2000), ed. by Vincent Mannings, Alan Boss, and Sara S. Russell (PDF at Arizona)

• Workshop on Cometary Dust in Astrophysics: August 10-15, 2003, Crystal Mountain, Washington (Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2003), ed. by Donald Brownlee, Lindsay P. Keller, and Scott R. Messenger (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)

• Workshop on Cometary Dust in Astrophysics: August 10-15, 2003, Crystal Mountain, Washington (Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2003), ed. by Donald Brownlee, Lindsay P. Keller, and Scott R. Messenger (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)

• Colloquium on the Age of the Universe, Dark Matter, and Structure Formation (1998), by National Academy of Sciences (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• High-Energy Astrophysics: American and Soviet Perspectives (1991), by U.S.-USSR Workshop on High-Energy Astrophysics (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics (1990 edition, with added links to WWW resources), by Martin V. Zombeck (page images at Harvard)

• The Star Splitters: The High Energy Astronomy Observatories, by Wallace H. Tucker (illustrated HTML at NASA)

• The Astrophysical Journal (partial serial archives)
• Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions: ASTRA (2005-) (full serial archives)
• Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (1980-) (partial serial archives)
• Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics (2015-) (partial serial archives)
• Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (partial serial archives)
• Astronomy and Astrophysics (partial serial archives)
• Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (in Spanish and English; 1974-) (full serial archives)
• Journal of Geophysical Research (partial serial archives)

• A Space Physics Paradox: Why Has Increased Funding Been Accompanied by Decreased Effectiveness in the Conduct of Space Physics Research? (1994), by National Research Council Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate and National Research Council Space Studies Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century (2003), by National Research Council Board on Physics and Astronomy (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)

• New Moons: Towing Asteroids into Earth Orbits for Exploration and Exploitation: Transcripts of the Presentations at the Special Session of the Eighth Lunar Science Conference, 16 March 1977, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas (Houston: Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1977), ed. by David R. Criswell (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)

• Determination of Azimuth Angle at Burnout for Placing a Satellite Over a Selected Earth Position (NASA Technical Note D-233; 1960), by T. H. Skopinski and Katherine G. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Determination of Azimuth Angle at Burnout for Placing a Satellite Over a Selected Earth Position (NASA Technical Note D-233; 1960), by T. H. Skopinski and Katherine G. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Development of a Hydrogen-Oxygen Internal Combustion Engine Auxiliary Electric Power Supply System (Detroit and Torrance, CA: Vickers Incorporated Division, Sperry Rand Corp., Aerospace Division, 1963), by Norman Evan Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Spacecraft Dynamics (c1983), by Thomas R. Kane, Peter W. Likins, and David A. Levinson (PDF with commentary at Cornell)

• Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program (1995), by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program (1995), by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Corona: America's First Satellite Program (1995), by United States Central Intelligence Agency, ed. by Kevin Conley Ruffner (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• In the Days of the Comet, by H. G. Wells (Gutenberg text)

• Protostars and Planets III (Tucson and London: University of Arizona Press, c1993), ed. by Eugene H. Levy and Jonathan Irving Lunine (PDF with commentary at Open Arizona)

• A 65-Meter Telescope for Millimeter Wavelengths (1972), by John Wilson Findlay and Sebastian von Hoerner (PDF files at Harvard)

• Protostars and Planets III (Tucson and London: University of Arizona Press, c1993), ed. by Eugene H. Levy and Jonathan Irving Lunine (PDF with commentary at Open Arizona)

• Protostars and Planets IV (c2000), ed. by Vincent Mannings, Alan Boss, and Sara S. Russell (PDF at Arizona)

• A Catalog of Radiation Heat Transfer Configuration Factors (third edition, ca. 2010), by John R. Howell (illustrated HTML at Kentucky)

• Observations of the Spots on the Sun From November 9, 1853, to March 24, 1861, Made at Redhill (London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1863), by Richard Christopher Carrington (page images at HathiTrust)

• Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (second edition; Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2015), by Gerald Jay Sussman and Jack Wisdom (HTML with commentary at MIT Press)
• Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (c2001), by Gerald Jay Sussman and Jack Wisdom, contrib. by Meinhard E. Meyer (HTML at MIT Press)
• Elements of Mechanical Philosophy: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on That Science (Volume First, Including Dynamics and Astronomy) (no further volumes published; Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co., et al., 1804), by John Robison
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Le Principali Leggi della Meccanica (in Italian; Milan: Federazione Italiana delle Biblioteche Populari, ca. 1913), by Gaetano Viciani (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• I Progressi Recenti della Fisica Teorica, Sperimentale ed Applicata: Conferenze Tenute Nella Regia Università di Genova (in Italian; Milan et al.: Albrighi, Segati et c., 1911), ed. by Antonio Garbasso, contrib. by Max Abraham, Angelo Battelli, Luigi Magri, Luigi Puccianti, Luigi Rolla, Pietro Rovetti, and Angelo Scribanti
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

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