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Martha Evans Martin. The Ways of the Planets
The Ways of the Planets
Table of Contents
I
ON MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE PLANETS
II
OUR RELATION TO THE PLANETS
III
WHAT THE PLANETS ARE, AND WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE
IV
THE ORIGIN OF THE PLANETS
V
THE SEVEN GREAT PLANETS
VI
THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PLANETS
VII
HOW THE INFERIOR PLANETS SEEM TO MOVE
VIII
HOW THE SUPERIOR PLANETS SEEM TO MOVE
IX
THE PATH OF THE PLANETS
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
LEO
VIRGO
LIBRA
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
CAPRICORNUS AND AQUARIUS
X
MERCURY
WHEN AND WHERE TO FIND MERCURY
DISTANCE AND BRIGHTNESS
MERCURY’S SIZE AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF IT
WHAT THE SUN DOES FOR MERCURY
TRANSITS
XI
VENUS
WHEN AND WHERE TO SEE VENUS
DISTANCE AND BRILLIANCY
VENUS’S LIKENESS TO THE EARTH
ATMOSPHERE, DAY AND NIGHT, AND SEASONS
TRANSITS
XII
MARS
HOW TO IDENTIFY MARS
WHEN AND WHERE MARS MAY BE SEEN
SIZE, ATMOSPHERE, AND TEMPERATURE
DISTANCE AND BRILLIANCY
DAY AND NIGHT, AND SEASONS
SURFACE ASPECTS OF MARS
THE SATELLITES OF MARS
XIII
JUPITER
JUPITER’S PLACE IN THE SKY
DISTANCE, LIGHT, AND HEAT
DAY AND NIGHT, SEASONS, AND ATMOSPHERE
SURFACE FEATURES
JUPITER’S SYSTEM OF SATELLITES
XIV
SATURN
AROUND ONE CIRCUIT OF THE SKIES WITH SATURN
DISTANCE AND SIZE
SURFACE ASPECTS AND CONSTITUTION
DAY AND NIGHT
THE RINGS AND MOONS OF SATURN
SEASONS
XV
URANUS
XVI
NEPTUNE
XVII
THE LITTLE PLANETS, OR THE ASTEROIDS
XVIII
CONCLUSION
SYMBOLS USED IN ALMANACS
INDEX
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