The Story of the Heavens
Robert Stawell Ball, irish astronomer who founded the screw theory (1841-1913)
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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- PREFACE TO ORIGINAL EDITION
-03- NOTE TO THIS EDITION
-04- THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS
-05- THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
-06- THE SUN
-07- THE MOON
-08- THE SOLAR SYSTEM
-09- THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
-10- THE PLANET OF ROMANCE
-11- MERCURY
-12- VENUS
-13- THE EARTH
-14- MARS
-15- THE MINOR PLANETS
-16- JUPITER
-17- SATURN
-18- URANUS
-19- NEPTUNE
-20- COMETS
-21- SHOOTING STARS
-22- THE STARRY HEAVENS
-23- THE DISTANT SUNS
-24- DOUBLE STARS
-25- THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS
-26- STAR CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ
-27- THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE STARS
-28- THE PRECESSION AND NUTATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS
-29- THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT
-30- THE ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEAT
-31- THE TIDES
-32- APPENDIX. ASTRONOMICAL QUANTITIES
-33- FOOTNOTES
