PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. HERSCHEL THE PIONEER.

CHAPTER II. HERSCHEL THE DISCOVERER.

CHAPTER III. THE SUN.

CHAPTER IV. THE MOON.

CHAPTER V. THE INNER PLANETS.

CHAPTER VI. THE OUTER PLANETS.

CHAPTER VII. COMETS.

CHAPTER VIII. METEORS.

CHAPTER IX. THE STARS.

CHAPTER X. THE LIGHT OF THE STARS.

CHAPTER XI. STELLAR SYSTEMS AND NEBULAE.

CHAPTER XII. STELLAR DISTRIBUTION AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE.

CHAPTER XIII. CELESTIAL EVOLUTION.

INDEX.

Transcriber's Notes

BY
HECTOR MACPHERSON, Jun.
MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ ASTRONOMIQUE DE FRANCE;
MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ BELGE D’ASTRONOMIE;
AUTHOR OF ‘ASTRONOMERS OF TO-DAY’

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
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