Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note
Minor punctuation and hyphenation inconsistencies have been corrected.
The following minor typographical errors have been corrected: p75: “establish” changed to “established” p99: “Firmanent” changed to “Firmament” p111: “they thoughts” changed to “thy thoughts” p120: “suen” changed to “seuen” p134: “consequenc” changed to “consequence” p146: “geographieal” changed to “geographical” p167: “Lyrae” changed to “Lyræ” for consistency p286: Removed redundant word “degrees” following the degree symbol
The spelling “Bernices” for “Berenices” has been retained throughout.
Ditto marks in the table on page 66 have been replaced with words.
THE ASTRONOMY OF MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’
A TYPICAL SUN-SPOT
THE ASTRONOMY OF MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’
BY THOMAS N. ORCHARD, M.D. MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable.