A Short History of Astronomy :: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIG.	PAGE
	The moon	Frontispiece
1.	The celestial sphere	5
2.	The daily paths of circumpolar stars	Tofacep.8
3.	The circles of the celestial sphere	9
4.	The equator and the ecliptic	11
5.	The Great Bear	Tofacep.12
6.	The apparent path of Jupiter	16
7.	The apparent path of Mercury	17
8-11.	The phases of the moon	30, 31
12.	The curvature of the earth	32
13.	The method of Aristarchus for comparing the distances of the sun and moon	34
14.	The equator and the ecliptic	36
15.	The equator, the horizon, and the meridian	38
16.	The measurement of the earth	39
17.	The eccentric	44
18.	The position of the sun’s apogee	45
19.	The epicycle and the deferent	47
20.	The eclipse method of connecting the distances of the sun and moon	50
21.	The increase of the longitude of a star	52
22.	The movement of the equator	53
23,	24. The precession of the equinoxes	53, 54
25.	The earth’s shadow	57
26.	The ecliptic and the moon’s path	57
27.	The sun and moon	58
28.	Partial eclipse of the moon	58
29.	Total eclipse of the moon	58
30.	Annular eclipse of the sun	59
31.	Parallax	60
32.	Refraction by the atmosphere	63
33.	Parallax	68
34.	Jupiter’s epicycle and deferent	70
35.	The equant	71
36.	The celestial spheres	89
	Portrait of Coppernicus	Tofacep.94
37.	Relative motion	102
38.	The relative motion of the sun and moon	103
39.	The daily rotation of the earth	104
40.	The solar system according to Coppernicus	107
41,	42. Coppernican explanation of the seasons	108, 109
43.	The orbits of Venus and of the earth A SHORT HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY. Clyx.com