The Story of the Heavens
Transcriber’s Note
The punctuation and spelling from the original text have been faithfully preserved. Only obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
PLATE I. THE PLANET SATURN, IN 1872.
THE
Story of the Heavens
SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL, LL.D. D.Sc.
Author of Star-Land
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, HONORARY FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LIGHTS, LOWNDEAN PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOMETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, AND FORMERLY ROYAL ASTRONOMER OF IRELAND
WITH TWENTY-FOUR COLOURED PLATES AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW AND REVISED EDITION
CASSELL and COMPANY, Limited
Robert S. Ball
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THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS
LIST OF PLATES.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY.
THE SUN.
THE MOON.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
THE LAW OF GRAVITATION.
THE PLANET OF ROMANCE.
MERCURY.
VENUS.
THE EARTH.
MARS.
THE MINOR PLANETS.
JUPITER.
SATURN.
URANUS.
NEPTUNE.
COMETS.
SHOOTING STARS.
THE STARRY HEAVENS.
THE DISTANT SUNS.
DOUBLE STARS.
THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS.
STAR CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ.
THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE STARS.
THE PRECESSION AND NUTATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS.
THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT.
THE ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEAT.
ASTRONOMICAL QUANTITIES.
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