CHAPTER II. THE PROBLEM STATED. CHAPTER IV. NEBULAE APPARENT AND REAL. CHAPTER V. THE HEAT OF THE SUN. CHAPTER VI. HOW THE SUN'S HEAT IS MAINTAINED. CHAPTER VII. THE HISTORY OF THE SUN. CHAPTER VIII. THE EARTH'S BEGINNING. CHAPTER IX. EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES. CHAPTER X. SPIRAL AND PLANETARY NEBULAE. CHAPTER XI. THE UNERRING GUIDE. CHAPTER XII. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. CHAPTER XIII. THE UNITY OF MATERIAL IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST CONCORD. CHAPTER XV. THE SECOND CONCORD. CHAPTER XVI. THE THIRD CONCORD. CHAPTER XVII. OBJECTIONS TO THE NEBULAR THEORY. CHAPTER XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE NEBULA. CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUDING CHAPTER. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. WORKS BY SIR ROBERT S. BALL, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS. With 24 Coloured Plates and Numerous Illustrations. New Edition. 10s. 6d. THE EARTH’S BEGINNING. With 4 Coloured Plates and Numerous Illustrations. New Edition. 7s. 6d. THE STORY OF THE SUN. With 11 Full Page Coloured and other Plates and Numerous Illustrations. 7s. 6d. STAR-LAND. Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens With Rembrandt Frontispiece and 94 Illustrations in Text. 7s. 6d. CASSELL & COMPANY, Limited, London, New York, Toronto & Melbourne. AN ENGLISH SUNSET TINGED BY KRAKATOA. Earth’s Beginning BY SIR ROBERT S. BALL, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry in the University of Cambridge, Author of “Star-Land,” “The Story of the Heavens,” etc. etc. WITH FOUR COLOURED PLATES AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS NEW EDITION CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE MCMIX |