The Heavens Above

About this eBook

Author

Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910

Title

The Heavens Above: A Popular Handbook of Astronomy

Credits

E-text prepared by Colin Bell, Brenda Lewis, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Astronomy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58810

Release Date

February 2, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Colin Bell, Brenda Lewis, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — The Heavens Above: A Popular Handbook of Astronomy
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.I. THE CELESTIAL SPHERE.
5. 5.II. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. — I. THEORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. — The Ptolemaic System. — The Copernican System. — Tycho Brahe's System. — Kepler's System. — The Newtonian System. — II. THE SUN AND PLANETS. — I. THE EARTH. — Form and Size. — Day and Night. — The Seasons. — Tides. — The Day and Time. — The Year. — Weight of the Earth and Precession. — II. THE MOON. — Distance, Size, and Motions. — The Atmosphere of the Moon. — The Surface of the Moon. — III. INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR PLANETS. — Inferior Planets. — Superior Planets. — IV. THE SUN. — I. MAGNITUDE AND DISTANCE OF THE SUN. — II. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONDITION OF THE SUN. — Physical Condition of the Sun. — The Spectroscope. — Spectra. — Chemical Constitution of the Sun. — Motion at the Surface of the Sun. — III. THE PHOTOSPHERE AND SUN SPOTS. — The Photosphere. — Sun-Spots. — IV. THE CHROMOSPHERE AND PROMINENCES. — V. THE CORONA. — V. ECLIPSES. — VI. THE THREE GROUPS OF PLANETS. — I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GROUPS. — II. THE INNER GROUP OF PLANETS. — Mercury. — Venus. — Mars. — III. THE ASTEROIDS. — IV. OUTER GROUP OF PLANETS. — Jupiter. — THE SATELLITES OF JUPITER. — Saturn. — THE PLANET AND HIS MOONS. — THE RINGS OF SATURN. — Uranus. — Neptune. — VII. COMETS AND METEORS. — I. COMETS. — General Phenomena of Comets. — Motion and Origin of Comets. — Remarkable Comets. — Connection between Meteors and Comets. — Physical and Chemical Constitution of Comets. — II. THE ZODIACAL LIGHT.
6. 6.III. THE STELLAR UNIVERSE. — I. GENERAL ASPECT OF THE HEAVENS. — II. THE STARS. — The Constellations. — Clusters. — Double and Multiple Stars. — New and Variable Stars. — Distance of the Stars. — Proper Motion of the Stars. — Chemical and Physical Constitution of the Stars. — III. NEBULÆ. — Classification of Nebulæ. — Irregular Nebulæ. — Spiral Nebulæ. — THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS. — IV. THE STRUCTURE OF THE STELLAR UNIVERSE.
7. 7.INDEX

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