Book contents
- Frontmatter
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I THE EARTH
- BOOK II THE MOON
- BOOK III THE SUN
- CHAPTER I The Sun, Ruler of the World. Magnitude and Proportion of the Solar System. Numbers and Harmony
- CHAPTER II Measurement of the Sun's Distance. Concordant Results of Six Different Methods. Transits of Venus. How we have Measured and Weighed the Sun
- CHAPTER III Light and Heat of the Sun. Study of its Spots. State of its Surface. Its Rotation. Magnitudes, Aspects, Forms, and Motions of the Solar Spots
- CHAPTER IV The Eruptions of the Sun. Prominences. Jets of Flame. Gigantic Explosions. The Solar Atmosphere; the Corona and Halo
- CHAPTER V The Fluctuations of the Solar Energy. Annual Variation of the Number of Spots and Eruptions. Eleven-Year Period. Curious Coincidences. Terrestrial Magnetism and the Aurora Borealis
- CHAPTER VI Our Sun is only a Star. His Destiny
- CHAPTER VII Light. Its Nature. Its Velocity. Spectrum Analysis. The Chemical Composition of the Sun and Celestial Bodies
- BOOK IV THE PLANETARY WORLDS
- BOOK V COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- BOOK VI THE STARS AND THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE
- INDEX
CHAPTER VI - Our Sun is only a Star. His Destiny
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I THE EARTH
- BOOK II THE MOON
- BOOK III THE SUN
- CHAPTER I The Sun, Ruler of the World. Magnitude and Proportion of the Solar System. Numbers and Harmony
- CHAPTER II Measurement of the Sun's Distance. Concordant Results of Six Different Methods. Transits of Venus. How we have Measured and Weighed the Sun
- CHAPTER III Light and Heat of the Sun. Study of its Spots. State of its Surface. Its Rotation. Magnitudes, Aspects, Forms, and Motions of the Solar Spots
- CHAPTER IV The Eruptions of the Sun. Prominences. Jets of Flame. Gigantic Explosions. The Solar Atmosphere; the Corona and Halo
- CHAPTER V The Fluctuations of the Solar Energy. Annual Variation of the Number of Spots and Eruptions. Eleven-Year Period. Curious Coincidences. Terrestrial Magnetism and the Aurora Borealis
- CHAPTER VI Our Sun is only a Star. His Destiny
- CHAPTER VII Light. Its Nature. Its Velocity. Spectrum Analysis. The Chemical Composition of the Sun and Celestial Bodies
- BOOK IV THE PLANETARY WORLDS
- BOOK V COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- BOOK VI THE STARS AND THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE
- INDEX
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- Popular AstronomyA General Description of the Heavens, pp. 303 - 315Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014