THE STARRY SKIES:
Reading edition
OR,
FIRST LESSONS ON THE SUN, MOON AND STARS.
BY
AGNES GIBERNE,
AUTHOR OF “AMONG THE STARS,” “SUN, MOON, AND STARS,” ETC.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,
10 EAST 23D STREET, NEW YORK.
COPYRIGHT, 1894, AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
Contents.
CHAPTER I.
This Earth of Ours PAGE 5
CHAPTER II.
Why Men Do Not Fall Off 16
CHAPTER III.
By Day and by Night 27
CHAPTER IV.
How the World Spins 38
CHAPTER V.
The Moon by Night 49
CHAPTER VI.
The Moon’s Changes 61
CHAPTER VII.
The Moon through a Telescope 72
CHAPTER VIII.
The Sun by Day 82
CHAPTER IX.
Storms on the Sun 90
CHAPTER X.
How the World Journeys 102
CHAPTER XI.
Other Worlds 111
CHAPTER XII.
What is Meant by an Eclipse 124
CHAPTER XIII.
Mercury and Venus 136
CHAPTER XIV.
The Planet Mars 147
CHAPTER XV.
The Planet Jupiter 158
CHAPTER XVI.
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune 166
CHAPTER XVII.
Long-Tailed Comets 175
CHAPTER XVIII.
Little Meteors 184
CHAPTER XIX.
The Sun’s Kingdom 191
CHAPTER XX.
A Starry Universe 200
CHAPTER XXI.
Star-Groups 209
CHAPTER XXII.
Giant-Suns and Clusters 217
CHAPTER XXIII.
How to Study the Sky 226
THE STARRY SKIES.
