The Heavens Above: A Popular Handbook of Astronomy
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- The Heavens Above: A Popular Handbook of Astronomy
- Preface.
- CONTENTS.
- I. The Celestial Sphere.
- II. The Solar System.
- I. THEORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
- The Ptolemaic System.
- The Copernican System.
- Tycho Brahe's System.
- Kepler's System.
- The Newtonian System.
- II. THE SUN AND PLANETS.
- I. THE EARTH. Form and Size.
- Day and Night.
- The Seasons.
- Tides.
- The Day and Time.
- The Year.
- Weight of the Earth and Precession.
- II. THE MOON.
- Distance, Size, and Motions.
- The Atmosphere of the Moon.
- The Surface of the Moon.
- III. INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR PLANETS.
- Inferior Planets.
- Superior Planets.
- IV. THE SUN.
- I. MAGNITUDE AND DISTANCE OF THE SUN.
- II. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONDITION OF THE SUN.
- Physical Condition of the Sun.
- The Spectroscope.
- Spectra.
- Chemical Constitution of the Sun.
- Motion at the Surface of the Sun.
- III. THE PHOTOSPHERE AND SUN SPOTS.
- The Photosphere.
- Sun-Spots.
- IV. THE CHROMOSPHERE AND PROMINENCES.
- V. THE CORONA.
- V. ECLIPSES.
- VI. THE THREE GROUPS OF PLANETS.
- I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GROUPS.
- II. THE INNER GROUP OF PLANETS.
- Mercury.
- Venus.
- Mars.
- III. THE ASTEROIDS.
- IV. OUTER GROUP OF PLANETS. Jupiter.
- THE SATELLITES OF JUPITER.
- Saturn. THE PLANET AND HIS MOONS.
- THE RINGS OF SATURN.
- Uranus.
- Neptune.
- VII. COMETS AND METEORS.
- I. COMETS. General Phenomena of Comets.
- Motion and Origin of Comets.
- Remarkable Comets.
- Connection between Meteors and Comets.
- Physical and Chemical Constitution of Comets.
- II. THE ZODIACAL LIGHT.
- III. The Stellar Universe.
- I. GENERAL ASPECT OF THE HEAVENS.
- II. THE STARS.
- The Constellations.
- Clusters.
- Double and Multiple Stars.
- New and Variable Stars.
- Distance of the Stars.
- Proper Motion of the Stars.
- Chemical and Physical Constitution of the Stars.
- III. NEBULÆ.
- Classification of Nebulæ.
- Irregular Nebulæ.
- Spiral Nebulæ.
- THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS.
- IV. THE STRUCTURE OF THE STELLAR UNIVERSE.
- Index
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