{"product_id":"2940015735215","title":"The Story of the Heavens","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                            PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  INTRODUCTION                                                 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I. THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY                              9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II. THE SUN                                                 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III. THE MOON                                               70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV. THE SOLAR SYSTEM                                       107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  V. THE LAW OF GRAVITATION                                  122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI. THE PLANET OF ROMANCE                                  150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII. MERCURY                                               155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. VENUS                                                167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IX. THE EARTH                                              192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  X. MARS                                                    208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XI. THE MINOR PLANETS                                      229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII. JUPITER                                               245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. SATURN                                               268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. URANUS                                                298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XV. NEPTUNE                                                315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI. COMETS                                                336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. SHOOTING STARS                                       372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. THE STARRY HEAVENS                                  409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX. THE DISTANT SUNS                                      425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XX. DOUBLE STARS                                           434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXI. THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS                            441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII. STAR CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ                             461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII. THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE STARS                    477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV. THE PRECESSION AND NUTATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS      492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXV. THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT                               503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI. THE ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEAT                513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVII. THE TIDES                                           531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  APPENDIX                                                   558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF PLATES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePLATE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I. The Planet Saturn                        _Frontispiece_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II. A Typical Sun-spot                   _To face page_  9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A. The Sun                                       \"  \"   44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III. Spots and Faculæ on the Sun                 \"  \"   37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV. Solar Prominences or Flames                  \"  \"   57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  V. The Solar Corona                              \"  \"   62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VI. Chart of the Moon's Surface                  \"  \"   81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  B. Portion of the Moon                           \"  \"   88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII. The Lunar Crater Triesnecker                \"  \"   93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. A Normal Lunar Crater                      \"  \"   97\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IX. The Lunar Crater Plato                       \"  \"  102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  X. The Lunar Crater Tycho                        \"  \"  106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XI. The Planet Jupiter                           \"  \"  254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII. Coggia's Comet                              \"  \"  340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  C. Comet A., 1892, 1 Swift                       \"  \"  358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. Spectra of the Sun and of three Stars      \"  \"   47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  D. The Milky Way, near Messier II.               \"  \"  462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. The Great Nebula in Orion                   \"  \"  466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XV. The Great Nebula in Andromeda                \"  \"  468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  E. Nebulæ in the Pleiades                        \"  \"  472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  F. ô Centauri                                    \"  \"  474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI. Nebulæ observed with Lord Rosse's Telescope \"  \"  476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. The Comet of 1882                          \"  \"  357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. Schiaparelli's Map of Mars                \"  \"  221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  FIG.                                                               PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1. Principle of the Refracting Telescope                             11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  2. Dome of the South Equatorial at Dunsink Observatory, Co. Dublin   12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  3. Section of the Dome of Dunsink Observatory                        13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Telescope at Yerkes Observatory, Chicago                      15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5. Principle of Herschel's Reflecting Telescope                      16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  6. South Front of the Yerkes Observatory, Chicago                    17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  7. Lord Rosse's Telescope                                            18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  8. Meridian Circle                                                   20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  9. The Great Bear                                                    27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  10. Comparative Sizes of the Earth and the Sun                       30","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146363289840,"sku":"2940015735215","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015735215","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}