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THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS
PLATE I. THE PLANET SATURN, IN 187
THE PLANET SATURN,
IN 1872.
THE
Story of the Heavens
SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL, LL.D. D.Sc.
Author of "Star-Land"
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, HONORARY FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF
EDINBURGH, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO THE
COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LIGHTS, LOWNDEAN PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AND
GEOMETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, AND FORMERLY
ROYAL ASTRONOMER OF IRELAND
WITH TWENTY-FOUR COLOURED PLATES AND NUMEROUS
ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW AND REVISED EDITION
CASSELL and COMPANY, Limited
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE
1900
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PREFACE TO ORIGINAL EDITION.
I have to acknowledge the kind aid which I have received
in the preparation of this book.
Mr. Nasmyth has permitted me to use some of the
beautiful drawings of the Moon, which have appeared in the
well-known work published by him in conjunction with Mr.
Carpenter. To this source I am indebted for Plates VII.,
VIII., IX., X., and Figs. 28, 29, 30.
Professor Pickering has allowed me to copy some of the
drawings made at Harvard College Observatory by Mr.
Trouvelot, and I have availed myself of his kindness for
Plates I., IV., XII., XV.
I am indebted to Professor Langley for Plate II., to
Mr. De la Rue for Plates III. and XIV., to Mr. T.E. Key
for Plate XVII., to Professor Schiaparelli for Plate
XVIII., to the late Professor C. Piazzi Smyth for Fig.
100, to Mr. Chambers for Fig. 7, which has been borrowed
from his "Handbook of Descriptive Astronomy," to Dr.
Stoney for Fig. 78, and to Dr. Copeland and Dr. Dreyer for
Fig. 72. I have to acknowledge the valuable assistance
derived from Professor Newcomb's "Popular Astronomy," and
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