Astronomy for Schools and General Readers (Lippincott's Science Series)

301 pp. Green boards. CONTENTS: Introduction: History of Astronomy; General View of the Heavens; Usefulness of Astronomy. Part I. The Solar System - General View of the Solar System: The Sun; The Inferior Planets: Mercury, Venus; The Earth: The Tides; The Moon; Eclipses; The Superior Planets: Mars, The Minor Planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune; Comets and Meteors: Comets; Meteors; Relation between Comets and Meteors. Part II. The Sidereal System - The Constellations: Description of the Constellations; Double Stars: Variable and New Stars; Clusters and Nebulae; Structure of the Universe. Part III. Properties of Light, and Astronomical Instruments; Appendices: I. List of Large Telescopes; II. Astronomical Symbols; III. Lengths of Days, Months, and Years; IV. Statistics of Planets, Sun, and Moon; V. Periodic Comets; VI. List of Noted Double Stars; VII. List of Noted Clusters and Nebulae.