Book contents
- Frontmatter
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I THE EARTH
- BOOK II THE MOON
- BOOK III THE SUN
- BOOK IV THE PLANETARY WORLDS
- CHAPTER I The Apparent and the Real Motions. Systems successively imagined
- CHAPTER II The Planet Mercury and the Suburbs of the Sun
- CHAPTER III The Planet Venus. The Shepherd's Star
- CHAPTER IV The Planet Mars, Miniature of the Earth
- CHAPTER V The Small Planets situated between Mars and Jupiter
- CHAPTER VI Jupiter, the Giant of Worlds
- CHAPTER VII Saturn, the Wonder of the Solar System
- CHAPTER VIII The Planet Uranus
- CHAPTER IX The Planet Neptune and the Frontiers of the Solar Domain
- BOOK V COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- BOOK VI THE STARS AND THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE
- INDEX
CHAPTER VI - Jupiter, the Giant of Worlds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I THE EARTH
- BOOK II THE MOON
- BOOK III THE SUN
- BOOK IV THE PLANETARY WORLDS
- CHAPTER I The Apparent and the Real Motions. Systems successively imagined
- CHAPTER II The Planet Mercury and the Suburbs of the Sun
- CHAPTER III The Planet Venus. The Shepherd's Star
- CHAPTER IV The Planet Mars, Miniature of the Earth
- CHAPTER V The Small Planets situated between Mars and Jupiter
- CHAPTER VI Jupiter, the Giant of Worlds
- CHAPTER VII Saturn, the Wonder of the Solar System
- CHAPTER VIII The Planet Uranus
- CHAPTER IX The Planet Neptune and the Frontiers of the Solar Domain
- BOOK V COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- BOOK VI THE STARS AND THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE
- INDEX
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- Popular AstronomyA General Description of the Heavens, pp. 410 - 430Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014