CONTENTS.
J. F. Blake
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CHAPTER I.
THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF ASTRONOMY
1
CHAPTER II.
ASTRONOMY OF THE CELTS
29
CHAPTER III.
ORIGIN OF THE CONSTELLATIONS
49
CHAPTER IV.
THE ZODIAC
89
CHAPTER V.
THE PLEIADES
111
CHAPTER VI.
THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE HEAVENS ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENTS
138
CHAPTER VII.
THE CELESTIAL HARMONY
161
CHAPTER VIII.
ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS
179
CHAPTER IX.
THE TERRESTRIAL WORLD OF THE ANCIENTS.—COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY
231
CHAPTER X.
COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHURCH
258
CHAPTER XI.
LEGENDARY WORLDS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
300
CHAPTER XII.
ECLIPSES AND COMETS
330
CHAPTER XIII.
THE GREATNESS AND THE FALL OF ASTROLOGY
360
CHAPTER XIV.
TIME AND THE CALENDAR
387
CHAPTER XV.
THE END OF THE WORLD
418
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