ASTRONOMY FOR YOUNG FOLKS

PREFACE

I THE CONSTELLATIONS

II JANUARY

III FEBRUARY

IV MARCH

V APRIL

VI MAY

VII JUNE

VIII JULY

IX AUGUST

X SEPTEMBER

XI OCTOBER

XII NOVEMBER

XIII DECEMBER

XIV STARS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

XV THE MILKY WAY OR GALAXY

XVI THE SURFACE OF THE SUN

XVII THE SOLAR SYSTEM

XVIII THE ORIGIN OF THE EARTH

XIX JUPITER AND HIS NINE MOONS

XX THE RINGS AND MOONS OF SATURN

XXI IS THE MOON A DEAD WORLD?

XXII COMETS

XXIII METEORITES

XXIV THE EARTH AS A MAGNET

XXV SOME EFFECTS OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE UPON SUNLIGHT

XXVI KEEPING TRACK OF THE MOON

XXVII THE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES

XXVIII THE EVOLUTION OF THE STARS—FROM RED GIANTS TO RED DWARFS

XXIX DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE STARS

XXX ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCES

XXXI SOME ASTRONOMICAL FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING

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