PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT.
CHAPTER II. THE SUN.
CHAPTER III. MERCURY.
CHAPTER IV. VENUS.
CHAPTER V. THE EARTH.
CHAPTER VI. THE MOON.
CHAPTER VII. MARS.
CHAPTER VIII. THE MINOR PLANETS.
CHAPTER IX. JUPITER.
CHAPTER X. SATURN.
CHAPTER XI. URANUS.
CHAPTER XII. NEPTUNE.
CHAPTER XIII. COMETS.
FOOTNOTES.
APPENDIX. TABLES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THE SUN AND PLANETS.
GENERAL INDEX.
Transcriber's Notes
BY GEORGE F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S. OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW AUTHOR OF THE STORY OF THE STARS
WITH TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. MCMIV
Copyright, 1895, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
Fig. 1.—The Planet Saturn.