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The Story of the Heavens
By Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
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Table of Contents
- THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS
- PREFACE TO ORIGINAL EDITION.
- NOTE TO THIS EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF PLATES.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE SUN.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE MOON.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE LAW OF GRAVITATION.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE PLANET OF ROMANCE.
- CHAPTER VII.
- MERCURY.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- VENUS.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE EARTH.
- CHAPTER X.
- MARS.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE MINOR PLANETS.
- CHAPTER XII.
- JUPITER.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- SATURN.
- CHAPTER XIV
- URANUS.
- CHAPTER XV.
- NEPTUNE.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- COMETS.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- SHOOTING STARS.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE STARRY HEAVENS.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- THE DISTANT SUNS.
- CHAPTER XX.
- DOUBLE STARS.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- STAR CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE STARS.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- THE PRECESSION AND NUTATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- THE ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEAT.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- THE TIDES.[44]
- APPENDIX.
- ASTRONOMICAL QUANTITIES.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES:
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