Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
by Richard A. Proctor
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About this eBook
- Author
- Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888
- Credits
- Produced by Brenda Lewis, Scott Marusak, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QB: Science: Astronomy
- Subject
- Astronomy
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 26556
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26556
- Release Date
- September 8, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MYTHS AND MARVELS OF ASTRONOMY
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.MYTHS AND MARVELS OF ASTRONOMY — I. ASTROLOGY. — II. THE RELIGION OF THE GREAT PYRAMID. — III. THE MYSTERY OF THE PYRAMIDS. — IV. SWEDENBORG'S VISIONS OF OTHER WORLDS. — V. OTHER WORLDS AND OTHER UNIVERSES. — VI. SUNS IN FLAMES. — VII. THE RINGS OF SATURN. — VIII. COMETS AS PORTENTS — IX. THE LUNAR HOAX. — X. ON SOME ASTRONOMICAL PARADOXES. — XI. ON SOME ASTRONOMICAL MYTHS. — XII. THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTELLATION-FIGURES. — FOOTNOTES:
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