The Heavens Above: A Popular Handbook of Astronomy
Spectra Of Various Sources Of Light.
THE HEAVENS ABOVE:
A POPULAR HANDBOOK OF ASTRONOMY.
BY
J. A. GILLET,
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN THE NORMAL COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
AND
W. J. ROLFE,
FORMERLY HEAD MASTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL,
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
WITH SIX LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES AND FOUR HUNDRED
AND SIXTY WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
J. A. Gillet
W. J. Rolfe
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The Heavens Above: A Popular Handbook of Astronomy
CONTENTS.
I. THEORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
II. THE SUN AND PLANETS.
III. INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR PLANETS.
IV. THE SUN.
V. ECLIPSES.
VI. THE THREE GROUPS OF PLANETS.
VII. COMETS AND METEORS.
I. GENERAL ASPECT OF THE HEAVENS.
II. THE STARS.
III. NEBULÆ.
IV. THE STRUCTURE OF THE STELLAR UNIVERSE.
