Page ix CONTENTS.
Reading edition
CHAP.
I. CREATIVE PROCESSES
II. CREATIVE PROGRESS
Constitution of Light
Chemistry of Suns revealed by Light
Creative Force of Light
III. ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
The Telescope
The Reflecting Telescope
The Spectroscope
IV. CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS
Celestial Movements
How to Measure
V. THE SUN
What the Sun does for us
VI. THE PLANETS, AS SEEN FROM SPACE
The Outlook from the Earth
VII. SHOOTING-STARS, METEORS, AND COMETS
Aerolites
Comets
Famous Comets
Of what do Comets consist?
Will Comets strike the Earth?
VIII. THE PLANETS AS INDIVIDUALS
Vulcan
Mercury
Venus
The Earth
The Aurora Borealis
Page x The Delicate Balance of Forces
Tides
The Moon
Telescopic Appearance
Eclipses
Mars
Satellites of Mars
Asteroids
Jupiter
Satellites of Jupiter
Saturn
Rings of Saturn
Satellites of Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
IX. THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
X. THE STELLAR SYSTEM
The Open Page of the Heavens
Equatorial Constellations
Characteristics of the Stars
Number
Double and Multiple Stars
Colored Stars
Clusters of Stars
Nebulæ
Variable Stars
Temporary, New, and Lost Stars
Movements of Stars
XI. THE WORLDS AND THE WORD
XII. THE ULTIMATE FORCE
SUMMARY OF LATEST DISCOVERIES AND CONCLUSIONS
SOME ELEMENTS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
EXPLANATION OF ASTRONOMICAL SYMBOLS
Signs of the Zodiac
Other Abbreviations Used in the Almanac
Greek Alphabet Used Indicating the Stars
CHAUTAUQUA OUTLINE FOR STUDENTS
GLOSSARY OF ASTRONOMICAL TERMS AND INDEX