| FIG. | |
| | [The Constellations of Orion and Taurus] |
| 1. | [An Orbit resulting from Attraction and Projection] |
| 2. | [The Moon's Orbit about the Earth] |
| 3. | [Changes of Orbit by Mutual Attraction] |
| 4. | [Velocity of Light measured by Jupiter's Satellites] |
| 5. | [Velocity of Light measured by Fizeau's Toothed Wheel] |
| 6. | [White Light resolved into Colors] |
| 7. | [Showing amount of Light received by Different Planets] |
| 8. | [Measuring Intensities of Lights] |
| 9. | [Reflection and Diffusion of Light] |
| 10. | [Manifold Reflections] |
| 11. | [Refraction by Water] |
| 12. | [Atmospherical Reflection] |
| 13. | [Refracting Telescope] |
| 14. | [Reflecting Telescope] |
| 15. | [The Cambridge Equatorial Refractor] |
| 16. | [The new Reflecting Telescope at Paris] |
| 17. | [Spectroscope, with Battery of Prisms] |
| 18. | [Spectra of Glowing Hydrogen and of the Sun] |
| 19. | [Illustrating Arcs and Angles] |
| 20. | [Measuring Objects by observing Angles] |
| 21. | [Mural Circle] |
| 22. | [Scale to measure Hundredths of an Inch] |
| 23. | [Spider-lines to determine Star Transits] |
| 24. | [Illustrating Triangulation] |
| 25. | [Measuring Distance to an Inaccessible Object] |
| 26. | [Measuring Elevation of an Inaccessible Object] |
| 27. | [Illustrating Parallax] |
| 28. | [Illustrating Stellar Parallax] |
| 29. | [Mode of Ascertaining Longitude] |
| 30. | [Relative Size of Sun, as seen from Different Planets] |
| 31. | [Zodiacal Light] |
| 32. | [Corona of the Sun in 1858—Brazil] |
| 33. | [Corona of the Sun in 1878—Colorado] |
| 34. | [Solar Prominences of Flaming Hydrogen] |
| 35. | [Changes in Solar Cavities during Rotation] |
| 36. | [Solar Spot] |
| 37. | [Holding Telescope to see the Sun-spots] |
| 38. | [Orbits and Comparative Sizes of the Planets] |
| 39. | [Orbit of Earth, illustrating Seasons] |
| 40. | [Inclination of Planes of Planetary Orbits] |
| 41. | [Inclination of Orbits of Earth and Venus] |
| 42. | [Showing the Sun's Movement among the Stars] |
| 43. | [Passage of the Sun by Star Regulus] |
| 44. | [Apparent Path of Jupiter among the Stars] |
| 45. | [Illustrating Position of Planets] |
| 46. | [Apparent Movements of an Inferior Planet] |
| 47. | [Apparent Movements of a Superior Planet] |
| 47a. | [A Swarm of Meteors meeting the Earth] |
| 48. | [Explosion of a Bolide] |
| 49. | [Flight of Bolides] |
| 50. | [The Santa Rosa Aerolite] |
| 51. | [Orbit of November Meteors and the Comet of 1866] |
| 52. | [Aspects of Remarkable Comets] |
| 53. | [Phases and Apparent Dimensions of Venus] |
| 54. | [The Earth and Moon in Space] |
| 55. | [Aurora as Waving Curtains] |
| 56. | [Tide resulting from Centrifugal Motion] |
| 57. | [Lunar Landscape] |
| 58. | [Telescopic View of the Moon] |
| 59. | [Illumination of Lunar Craters and Peaks] |
| 60. | [Lunar Crater "Copernicus"] |
| 61. | [Eclipses: Shadows of Earth and Moon] |
| 62. | [Apparent Sizes of Mars, seen from the Earth] |
| 63. | [Jupiter] |
| 64. | [Various Positions of Jupiter's Satellites] |
| 65. | [View of Saturn and his Rings] |
| 66. | [Perturbations of Uranus] |
| 67. | [Map: Circumpolar Constellations] |
| 68. | [Map of Constellations on the Meridian in December] |
| 69. | [Map of Constellations on the Meridian in January] |
| 70. | [Map of Constellations on the Meridian in April] |
| 71. | [Map of Constellations on the Meridian in June] |
| 72. | [Map of Constellations on the Meridian in September] |
| 73. | [Map of Constellations on the Meridian in November] |
| 74. | [Southern Circumpolar Constellations] |
| 75. | [Aspects of Double Stars] |
| 76. | [Sprayed Star Cluster below η in Hercules] |
| 77. | [Globular Star Cluster in the Centaur] |
| 78. | [Great Nebula about θ Orionis] |
| 79. | [The Crab Nebula above ζ Tauri] |
| 80. | [The Ring Nebula in Lyra] |
| 81. | [Showing Place of Ring Nebula] |
| 82. | [The Horizontal Pendulum] |
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| [COLORED PLATE REPRESENTING VARIOUS SPECTA] |
| [MAPS TO FIND THE STARS] |