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The Zodiacal Light
THE STORY OF
THE UNIVERSE
Told by Great Scientists
and Popular Authors
COLLECTED AND EDITED
By ESTHER SINGLETON
Author of “Turrets, Towers and Temples,” “Wonders of Nature,”
“The World’s Great Events,” “Famous Paintings,” Translator
of Lavignac’s “Music Dramas of Richard Wagner”
FULLY ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I
THE
STARRY
SKIES
P. F. COLLIER AND SON
NEW YORK
Copyright 1905
By P. F. COLLIER & SON