LIST OF PLATES.
CHAPTER I.
THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY.
CHAPTER II.
THE SUN.
CHAPTER III.
THE MOON.
CHAPTER IV.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
CHAPTER V.
THE LAW OF GRAVITATION.
CHAPTER VI.
THE PLANET OF ROMANCE.
CHAPTER VII.
MERCURY.
CHAPTER VIII.
VENUS.
CHAPTER IX.
THE EARTH.
CHAPTER X.
MARS.
CHAPTER XI.
THE MINOR PLANETS.
CHAPTER XII.
JUPITER.
CHAPTER XIII.
SATURN.
CHAPTER XIV
URANUS.
CHAPTER XV.
NEPTUNE.
CHAPTER XVI.
COMETS.
CHAPTER XVII.
SHOOTING STARS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE STARRY HEAVENS.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE DISTANT SUNS.
CHAPTER XX.
DOUBLE STARS.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS.
CHAPTER XXII.
STAR CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE STARS.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE PRECESSION AND NUTATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEAT.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE TIDES. [44]
APPENDIX.
ASTRONOMICAL QUANTITIES.
INDEX.
