PREFACE
I THE CONSTELLATIONS
II JANUARY
III FEBRUARY
IV MARCH
V APRIL
VI MAY
VII JUNE
VIII JULY
IX AUGUST
X SEPTEMBER
XI OCTOBER
XII NOVEMBER
XIII DECEMBER
XIV STARS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
XV THE MILKY WAY OR GALAXY
XVI THE SURFACE OF THE SUN
XVII THE SOLAR SYSTEM
XVIII THE ORIGIN OF THE EARTH
XIX JUPITER AND HIS NINE MOONS
XX THE RINGS AND MOONS OF SATURN
XXI IS THE MOON A DEAD WORLD?
XXII COMETS
XXIII METEORITES
XXIV THE EARTH AS A MAGNET
XXV SOME EFFECTS OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE UPON SUNLIGHT
XXVI KEEPING TRACK OF THE MOON
XXVII THE MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES
XXVIII THE EVOLUTION OF THE STARS FROM RED GIANTS TO RED DWARFS
XXIX DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE STARS
XXX ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCES
XXXI SOME ASTRONOMICAL FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING
TABLES
Northern Portion of the Moon at Last Quarter
Taken with 100-inch Hooker Telescope of the Mt. Wilson Observatory (See Chapter XXI)
ASTRONOMY for YOUNG FOLKS
BY
ISABEL MARTIN LEWIS, A. M. (Connected with the Nautical Almanac Office of the U. S. Naval Observatory)
NEW YORK DUFFIELD AND COMPANY 1922
Copyright, 1921, by The Century Company Copyright, 1922, by Duffield and Company
Printed in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
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LIST OF TABLES
