Book contents
- Frontmatter
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I THE EARTH
- CHAPTER I The Earth in the Sky
- CHAPTER II How the Earth turns upon itself and round the Sun. Day and Night. Dates. Hours. Meridians. The Year and the Calendar
- CHAPTER III How the Earth goes round the Sun. The Inclination of the Axis. Seasons. Climate
- CHAPTER IV The Eleven Principal Motions of the Earth. The Precession of the Equinoxes
- CHAPTER V Continuation and Conclusion of the Eleven Principal Motions of the Earth
- CHAPTER VI The Earth, Planet and World. Theoretical and Practical Demonstration of the Motions of our Globe. Life on the Earth
- CHAPTER VII How was the Earth formed? Age of our Planet; its Past; its Future. The Origin and the End of Worlds
- BOOK II THE MOON
- BOOK III THE SUN
- BOOK IV THE PLANETARY WORLDS
- BOOK V COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- BOOK VI THE STARS AND THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE
- INDEX
CHAPTER III - How the Earth goes round the Sun. The Inclination of the Axis. Seasons. Climate
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I THE EARTH
- CHAPTER I The Earth in the Sky
- CHAPTER II How the Earth turns upon itself and round the Sun. Day and Night. Dates. Hours. Meridians. The Year and the Calendar
- CHAPTER III How the Earth goes round the Sun. The Inclination of the Axis. Seasons. Climate
- CHAPTER IV The Eleven Principal Motions of the Earth. The Precession of the Equinoxes
- CHAPTER V Continuation and Conclusion of the Eleven Principal Motions of the Earth
- CHAPTER VI The Earth, Planet and World. Theoretical and Practical Demonstration of the Motions of our Globe. Life on the Earth
- CHAPTER VII How was the Earth formed? Age of our Planet; its Past; its Future. The Origin and the End of Worlds
- BOOK II THE MOON
- BOOK III THE SUN
- 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. 25 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014