Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
- CHAPTER II THE SUN
- CHAPTER III THE MOON
- CHAPTER IV THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER V THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
- CHAPTER VI THE PLANET OF ROMANCE
- CHAPTER VII MERCURY
- CHAPTER VIII VENUS
- CHAPTER IX THE EARTH
- CHAPTER X MARS
- CHAPTER XI THE MINOR PLANETS
- CHAPTER XII JUPITER
- CHAPTER XIII SATURN
- CHAPTER XIV URANUS
- CHAPTER XV NEPTUNE
- CHAPTER XVI COMETS
- CHAPTER XVII SHOOTING STARS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE STARRY HEAVENS
- CHAPTER XIX THE DISTANT STJNS
- CHAPTER XX DOUBLE STARS
- CHAPTER XXI THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS
- CHAPTER XXII THE SPECTROSCOPE
- CHAPTER XXIII STAR CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XXIV THE PRECESSION AND NUTATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS
- CHAPTER XXV THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT
- CHAPTER XXVI THE ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEAT
- CHAPTER XXVII THE TIDES
- APPENDIX: Astronomical Quantities
- INDEX
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
- CHAPTER II THE SUN
- CHAPTER III THE MOON
- CHAPTER IV THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER V THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
- CHAPTER VI THE PLANET OF ROMANCE
- CHAPTER VII MERCURY
- CHAPTER VIII VENUS
- CHAPTER IX THE EARTH
- CHAPTER X MARS
- CHAPTER XI THE MINOR PLANETS
- CHAPTER XII JUPITER
- CHAPTER XIII SATURN
- CHAPTER XIV URANUS
- CHAPTER XV NEPTUNE
- CHAPTER XVI COMETS
- CHAPTER XVII SHOOTING STARS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE STARRY HEAVENS
- CHAPTER XIX THE DISTANT STJNS
- CHAPTER XX DOUBLE STARS
- CHAPTER XXI THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS
- CHAPTER XXII THE SPECTROSCOPE
- CHAPTER XXIII STAR CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ
- CHAPTER XXIV THE PRECESSION AND NUTATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS
- CHAPTER XXV THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT
- CHAPTER XXVI THE ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEAT
- CHAPTER XXVII THE TIDES
- APPENDIX: Astronomical Quantities
- INDEX
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- The Story of the Heavens , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1885