ILLUSTRATIONS
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The Star of Bethlehem (Burne-Jones) Frontispiece
The Rainbow (Rubens) 2
Merodach and Tiamat 25
Cirrus and Cumuli 47
A Corner of the Milky Way 94
The Great Comet of 1843 102
Fall of an Aerolite 110
Meteoric Shower of 1799 115
The Assyrian 'Ring With Wings' 126
Corona of Minimum Type 127
St. Paul Preaching at Athens (Raphael) 148
The Ancient Constellations South of the Ecliptic 155
The Celestial Sphere 156
The Midnight Constellations of Spring, b.c. 2700 164
The Midnight Constellations of Winter, b.c. 2700 165
Ophiuchus and the Neighbouring Constellations 189
Aquarius and the Neighbouring Constellations 192
Hercules and Draco 197
Hydra and the Neighbouring Constellations 200
Andromeda and Cetus 207
Stars of the Pleiades 219
Inner Nebulosities of the Pleiades 227
Stars of Orion 232
Orion and the Neighbouring Constellations 236
Position of Spring Equinox, b.c. 2700 246
Position of Spring Equinox, a.d. 1900 247
Stars of the Plough, as the Winnowing Fan 263
'Blow up the Trumpet in the New Moon' 268
Position of the New Moon at the Equinoxes 316
Boundary-stone in the Louvre 318
Worship of the Sun-God at Sippara 322
'Sun, stand Thou still upon Gibeon, and Thou Moon in the Valley of Ajalon' 350
Map of Southern Palestine 357
Bearings of the Rising and Setting Points of the Sun from Gibeon 363
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THE RAINBOW (by Rubens). "The bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain."ToList