Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED
- PART I PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- PART III THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER I GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER II THE SUN
- CHAPTER III THE INNER GROUP OF PLANETS
- CHAPTER IV THE OUTER GROUP OF PLANETS
- CHAPTER V COMETS AND METEORS
- PART IV THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
- ADDENDUM TO PART III., CHAPTER II
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- EXPLANATION OF THE STAR MAPS
- ADDENDUM II.—THE SATELLITES OF MAPS
CHAPTER I - GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD HISTORICALLY DEVELOPED
- PART I PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
- PART III THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER I GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- CHAPTER II THE SUN
- CHAPTER III THE INNER GROUP OF PLANETS
- CHAPTER IV THE OUTER GROUP OF PLANETS
- CHAPTER V COMETS AND METEORS
- PART IV THE STELLAR UNIVERSE
- ADDENDUM TO PART III., CHAPTER II
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- EXPLANATION OF THE STAR MAPS
- ADDENDUM II.—THE SATELLITES OF MAPS
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- Popular Astronomy , pp. 231 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1878