The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES A Typical Sun-spot Frontispiece Venus on

PREFACE

CHAPTER I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY

CHAPTER II ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER III MILTON'S ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER IV MILTON AND GALILEO

CHAPTER V THE SEASONS

CHAPTER VI THE STARRY HEAVENS

CHAPTER VII THE STARRY HEAVENS

CHAPTER VIII DESCRIPTION OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS MENTIONED IN 'PARADISE LOST' THE SUN

CHAPTER IX MILTON'S IMAGINATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY

Minor punctuation and hyphenation inconsistencies have been corrected.

The following minor typographical errors have been corrected:
p75: “establish” changed to “established”
p99: “Firmanent” changed to “Firmament”
p111: “they thoughts” changed to “thy thoughts”
p120: “suen” changed to “seuen”
p134: “consequenc” changed to “consequence”
p146: “geographieal” changed to “geographical”
p167: “Lyrae” changed to “LyrÆ” for consistency
p286: Removed redundant word “degrees” following the degree symbol

The spelling “Bernices” for “Berenices” has been retained throughout.

Ditto marks in the table on page 66 have been replaced with words.

THE ASTRONOMY
OF
MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’

A TYPICAL SUN-SPOT A TYPICAL SUN-SPOT

THE ASTRONOMY
OF
MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’

BY

THOMAS N. ORCHARD, M.D.
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good,
Almighty! thine this universal frame,
Thus wondrous fair: Thyself how wondrous then!
Unspeakable.

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THE ASTRONOMY OF MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’

THE ASTRONOMY OF MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’

BY THOMAS N. ORCHARD, M.D. MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY 1896 All rights reserved

THE ASTRONOMY
OF
MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’

THE ASTRONOMY
OF
MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’

BY

THOMAS N. ORCHARD, M.D.
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY

1896

All rights reserved