The expanse of Heaven :
a series of essays on the wonders of the firmament /
by Rilchard A. Proctor.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Chatto & Windus,
[1883?]
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| Edition: | New ed. |
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| Notes: | Physical description: viii, 305 p. : ill ; 19 cm. |
Table of Contents:
A dream that was not all a dream
The sun
The queen of night
The evening star
The ruddy planet
Life in the ruddy planet
The prince of planets
Jupiter's family of moons
The ring-girdled planet
Newton and the law of the universe
The discovery of two giant planets
The lost comet
Visitants from the star depths
Whence come the comets?
The comet families of the giant planets
The earth's journey through showers
How the planets grew
Our daily light
The flight of light
A cluster of suns
Words ruled by coloured suns
Words lit by coloured suns
The king of suns
Four orders of suns
The depths of space
Charting the star depths
The star depths astir with life
The drifting stars
The milky way.
A dream that was not all a dream
The sun
The queen of night
The evening star
The ruddy planet
Life in the ruddy planet
The prince of planets
Jupiter's family of moons
The ring-girdled planet
Newton and the law of the universe
The discovery of two giant planets
The lost comet
Visitants from the star depths
Whence come the comets?
The comet families of the giant planets
The earth's journey through showers
How the planets grew
Our daily light
The flight of light
A cluster of suns
Words ruled by coloured suns
Words lit by coloured suns
The king of suns
Four orders of suns
The depths of space
Charting the star depths
The star depths astir with life
The drifting stars
The milky way.