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Table of Contents
ОглавлениеLECTURE I. THE SUN.
THE HEAT AND BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN.
FURTHER BENEFITS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE SUN.
HOW ASTRONOMERS MEASURE THE DISTANCES OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.
THE APPARENT SMALLNESS OF DISTANT OBJECTS.
THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE SUN.
APPEARANCES SEEN DURING A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
THE DAILY ROTATION OF THE EARTH.
ANNUAL MOTION OF THE EARTH ROUND THE SUN.
THE PHASES OF OUR ATTENDANT, THE MOON.
EFFECT OF THE MOON’S DISTANCE ON ITS APPEARANCE.
HOW THE TELESCOPE AIDS US IN VIEWING THE MOON.
TELESCOPIC VIEWS OF LUNAR SCENERY.
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE LUNAR CRATERS.
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN THE MOON.
LECTURE III. THE INNER PLANETS.
HOW TO MAKE A DRAWING OF OUR SYSTEM.
THE PLANET MARS AND HIS MOVEMENTS.
THE DISCOVERIES MADE BY TYCHO AND KEPLER.
THE DISCOVERIES MADE BY NEWTON.
HOW THE TELESCOPE AIDS IN VIEWING FAINT OBJECTS.
THE ASTEROIDS OR SMALL PLANETS.
LECTURE IV. JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE.
LECTURE V. COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS.
HOW THE TELEGRAPH IS USED FOR COMETS.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE SHOOTING STARS.
THE RANK OF THE EARTH AS A GLOBE IN SPACE.
THE BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR OF STARS.
HOW WE FIND WHAT THE STARS ARE MADE OF.
CONCLUDING CHAPTER. HOW TO NAME THE STARS.
