The Story of the Heavens

by Robert S. Ball

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Contents

1. Note to This Edition
2. Chapter I. The Astronomical Observatory
3. Chapter II. The Sun
4. Chapter III. The Moon
5. Chapter IV. The Solar System
6. Chapter V. The Law of Gravitation
7. Chapter VI. The Planet of Romance
8. Chapter VII. Mercury
9. Chapter VIII. Venus
10. Chapter IX. The Earth
11. Chapter X. Mars
12. Chapter XI. The Minor Planets
13. Chapter XII. Jupiter
14. Chapter XIII. Saturn
15. Chapter XIV. Uranus
16. Chapter XV. Neptune
17. Chapter XVI. Comets
18. Chapter XVII. Shooting Stars
19. Chapter XVIII. The Starry Heavens
20. Chapter XIX. The Distant Suns
21. Chapter XX. Double Stars
22. Chapter XXI. The Distances of the Stars
23. Chapter XXII. Star Clusters and Nebulæ
24. Chapter XXIII. The Physical Nature of the Stars
25. Chapter XXIV. The Precession and Nutation of the Earth's Axis
26. Chapter XXV. The Aberration of Light
27. Chapter XXVI. The Astronomical Significance of Heat
28. Chapter XXVII. The Tides
29. Appendix

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