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
- BOOK V COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- CHAPTER I Comets in the History of Humanity
- CHAPTER II Motions of Comets in Space. Cometary Orbits. Periodical Comets now known
- CHAPTER III Constitution of Comets. Mode of Communication between the Worlds. Possible Encounters with the Earth. Whence come the Comets?
- CHAPTER IV Shooting Stars. Bolides. Uranoliths, or Meteoric Stones. Orbits of Shooting Stars in Space. Stones fallen from the Sky
- BOOK VI THE STARS AND THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE
- INDEX
CHAPTER I - Comets in the History of Humanity
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
- BOOK V COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- CHAPTER I Comets in the History of Humanity
- CHAPTER II Motions of Comets in Space. Cometary Orbits. Periodical Comets now known
- CHAPTER III Constitution of Comets. Mode of Communication between the Worlds. Possible Encounters with the Earth. Whence come the Comets?
- CHAPTER IV Shooting Stars. Bolides. Uranoliths, or Meteoric Stones. Orbits of Shooting Stars in Space. Stones fallen from the Sky
- BOOK VI THE STARS AND THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE
- INDEX
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- Popular AstronomyA General Description of the Heavens, pp. 475 - 487Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014