The Destinies of the Stars
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Excerpt from The Destinies of the StarsFor valuable suggestions and for all the American equivalents of the metric measures in the original, the reader as well as the trans lator, is indebted to a member of the Pub lishing House that presents this volume in such an attractive way, Mr. E. W. Putnam, himself an ardent lover of astronomy and a writer on the subject.Dr. Arrhenius is justly renowned for his lucid style and polished form. All that is lacking in these qualities within the covers of this volume is wholly due to the deficiencies of the translator, who however could not resist the tempt...
Chapters (234)
- The Destinies of the Stars
- TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- The Destinies of the Stars
- CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF STAR-WORSHIP
- CHAPTER II THE RIDDLE OF THE MILKY WAY
- CHAPTER III THE CLIMATIC IMPORTANCE OF WATER VAPOUR
- CHAPTER IV ATMOSPHERE AND PHYSICS OF THE STELLAR BODIES
- CHAPTER V THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- CHAPTER VI THE PLANET MARS
- CHAPTER VII MERCURY, THE MOON, AND VENUS
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