Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- SUPPLEMENT
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES
- Errata
- A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy
- BOOK I A SKETCH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER I THE SUN
- CHAPTER II THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER III VULCAN
- CHAPTER IV MERCURY
- CHAPTER V VENUS
- CHAPTER VI THE EARTH
- CHAPTER VII THE MOON
- CHAPTER VIII MARS
- CHAPTER IX THE MINOR PLANETS
- CHAPTER X JUPITER
- CHAPTER XI SATURN
- CHAPTER XII URANUS
- CHAPTER XIII NEPTUNE
- BOOK II ECLIPSES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA
- BOOK X METEORIC ASTRONOMY
- APPENDICES
- INDEX TO SUBJECTS
- INDEX TO NAMES
- Plate section
CHAPTER III - VULCAN
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- SUPPLEMENT
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES
- Errata
- A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy
- BOOK I A SKETCH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER I THE SUN
- CHAPTER II THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER III VULCAN
- CHAPTER IV MERCURY
- CHAPTER V VENUS
- CHAPTER VI THE EARTH
- CHAPTER VII THE MOON
- CHAPTER VIII MARS
- CHAPTER IX THE MINOR PLANETS
- CHAPTER X JUPITER
- CHAPTER XI SATURN
- CHAPTER XII URANUS
- CHAPTER XIII NEPTUNE
- BOOK II ECLIPSES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA
- BOOK X METEORIC ASTRONOMY
- APPENDICES
- INDEX TO SUBJECTS
- INDEX TO NAMES
- Plate section
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- A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy , pp. 28 - 31Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1861