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Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens

By John Frederick Blake
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  • ASTRONOMICAL MYTHS.
  • ASTRONOMICAL MYTHS,
    • FLAMMARION'S "HISTORY OF THE HEAVENS."
    • JOHN F. BLAKE.
      • London: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1877.
    • London: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1877.
    • PREFACE.
    • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
    • CONTENTS.
  • HISTORY OF THE HEAVENS.
    • CHAPTER I.
      • THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF ASTRONOMY.
    • THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF ASTRONOMY.
    • CHAPTER II.
      • ASTRONOMY OF THE CELTS.
    • ASTRONOMY OF THE CELTS.
    • CHAPTER III.
      • ORIGIN OF THE CONSTELLATIONS.
    • ORIGIN OF THE CONSTELLATIONS.
    • CHAPTER IV.
      • THE ZODIAC.
    • THE ZODIAC.
    • CHAPTER V.
      • THE PLEIADES.
    • THE PLEIADES.
    • CHAPTER VI.
      • THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE HEAVENS ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENTS.
    • THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE HEAVENS ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENTS.
    • CHAPTER VII.
      • THE CELESTIAL HARMONY.
    • THE CELESTIAL HARMONY.
    • CHAPTER VIII.
      • ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS.
    • ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS.
    • CHAPTER IX.
      • THE TERRESTRIAL WORLD OF THE ANCIENTS.—COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.
    • THE TERRESTRIAL WORLD OF THE ANCIENTS.—COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY.
    • CHAPTER X.
      • COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHURCH.
    • COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHURCH.
    • CHAPTER XI.
      • LEGENDARY WORLDS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
    • LEGENDARY WORLDS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
    • CHAPTER XII.
      • ECLIPSES AND COMETS.
    • ECLIPSES AND COMETS.
    • CHAPTER XIII.
      • THE GREATNESS AND THE FALL OF ASTROLOGY.
    • THE GREATNESS AND THE FALL OF ASTROLOGY.
    • CHAPTER XIV.
      • TIME AND THE CALENDAR.
    • TIME AND THE CALENDAR.
    • CHAPTER XV.
      • THE END OF THE WORLD.
        • THE END.
      • THE END.
    • THE END OF THE WORLD.
      • THE END.
    • THE END.
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