WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT

Partial eclipse of the moonInitial letter[1]
A boy illustrating the phases of the moon[6]
Course of the moon in the heavens[8]
Chart of the moon[10]
Face of the full moon[11]
Tycho and his surroundings(from a photograph by De la Rue)[13]
Plan of the peak of Teneriffe[15]
The crater Copernicus[17]
The lunar Appennines(from a photograph by M.M. Henri)[19]
The crater Plato seen soon after sunrise[20]
Diagram of total eclipse of the moon[23]
Boy and microscopeInitial letter[27]
Eye-ball seen from the front[30]
Section of an eye looking at a pencil[31]
Image of a candle-flame thrown on paper by a lens[33]
Arrow magnified by a convex lens[35]
Student's microscope [36]
Skeleton of a microscope[37]
Fossil diatoms seen under the microscope[39]
An astronomical telescope[41]
Two skeletons of telescopes[44]
The photographic camera[47]
Kirchhoff's spectroscope[51]
Passage of rays through the spectroscope[52]
A group of fairy-ring mushroomsInitial letter[55]
Three forms of vegetable mould magnified[61]
Mucor Mucedo greatly magnified[63]
Yeast cells growing under the microscope[65]
Early stages of the mushroom[67]
Later stages of the mushroom[68]
Microscopic structure of mushroom gills[69]
A group of cup lichensInitial letter[75]
Examples of lichens from life[77]
Singe-celled plants growing[78]
Sections of lichens[81]
Fructification of a lichen[83]
A stem of feathery moss from life[85]
Moss-leaf magnified[87]
Polytrichum Commune, a large hair-moss[88]
Fructification of a moss[89]
Sphagnum moss from a Devonshire bog[93]
Surface of a lava-flowInitial letter[96]
Vesuvius as seen in eruption[97]
Top of Vesuvius in 1864[100]
Diagrammatic section of an active volcano[105]
Section of a lava-flow[108]
Volcanic glass with crystallites and microliths[109]
Volcanic glass with well-developed microliths[110]
A piece of Dartmoor granite[112]
Volcanic glass showing large included crystals[115]
A total eclipse of the sunInitial letter[117]
Face of the sun projected on a piece of cardboard[120]
Photograph of the sun's face, taken by Mr. Selwyn(Secchi, Le Soleil)[122]
Total eclipse of the sun, showing corona and prominences(Guillemin, Le Ciel)[124]
Kirchhoff's experiment on the dark sodium line[128]
The spectroscope attached to the telescope for solar work[132]
Sun-spectrum and prominence spectrum compared[134]
Red prominences, as drawn by Mr. Lockyer 1869[136]
A quiet sun-spot[140]
A tumultuous sun-spot[141]
A star-clusterInitial letter[145]
Some constellations seen on looking south in March from six to nine o'clock[148]
The chief stars of Orion, with Aldebaran[149]
The trapezium θ Orionis[150]
Spectrum of Orion's nebula and sun-spectrum compared[151]
Some constellations seen on looking north in March from six to nine o'clock[156]
The Great Bear, showing position of the binary star[157]
Drifting of the seven stars of Charles's Wain[159]
Cassiopeia and the heavenly bodies near[162]
ε Lyræ, a double-binary star[166]
A seaside poolInitial letter[172]
A group of seaweeds (natural size)[175]
ULVA LACTUCA, a piece greatly magnified[176]
Seaweeds, magnified to show fruits[177]
A Coralline and Sertularian compared[179]
Sertularia Tenella hanging in water[180]
Thuricolla Folliculata and Chilomonas Amygdalum[182]
A group of living diatoms[184]
A diatom growing[185]
Cydippe Pileus, animal and structure[187]
The Sea-mat, Flustra Foliacea[191]
Diagram of the Flustra animal[192]
Dartmoor poniesInitial letter[195]
Equus Hemionus, the horse-ass of Tartary and Tibet[201]
Przevalsky's wild horse[202]
skeleton of an animal of the horse-tribe[206]
Palæolithic man chipping flint toolsInitial letter[209]
Scene in Palæolithic times[212]
Palæolithic relics—needle, tooth, implement[213]
Mammoth engraved on ivory[216]
Neolithic implements—hatchet, celt, spindle whorl[219]
A burial in Neolithic times[221]
British relics—coin, bronze celt, and bracelet[223]
Britons taking refuge in the cave[224]