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In Starry Realms
Author: Robert S. Ball

IN STARRY REALMS - I908 - PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION - THE contents of this little volume have within the last few years seen the light in various periodicals. Chapters I-VD and XV-XVII appeared in Good Words VIII-X in the Girls Own, Paper XI, XIV, XVIII, xur in various newspapers XII, XIII in A 1 XXI in Macmillans Magazine XXII in the Cont... more »emporary Review XXIII in Long mans Magazine while xx was a presidential address delivered at the Midland Institute, Birmingham. A few alterations have been found necessary in gathering them into a consecutive whole, and each chapter has been carefully revised. With respect to the illustrat. ions, several of which did not accompany the papers in their original form, I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. A. Cowper Ranyard, the editor of Knowledge, for permission to reproduce the photograph of the Moon, taken with the Great Refractor of the Lick Observatory Frontispiece, Mr. Lassells picture of the Great Nebula in Orion, and drawings of the Rev. F. Howletts photographs of sun-spots of 1882-3. To the Council of the Royal Society I owe thanks for a similar favour in regard to the Krakatoa diagrams. The object of the book is to give the general reader some sketches of specially interesting matters relating to the different heavenly bodies. They may be regarded as supplementary to a treatise on elementary astronomy such as my little volume, Starland. I am indebted to my friends, Rev. Maxwell Close, Dr. A. Rambaut, and Mr. L. Steele, for their aid in revising the work. ROBERT S. BALL. OBSERVATORY C , O . DUBLIN. Apd, 1894. - CONTENTS - CBAPTPR A61 I . E HEAT OF THE SUN. CPAPIBI PAQl xv.--Fm-Ba ta . . 216 LIST OF ILT, USTRATIONS. PAeS PHOTOGRA O P F H TH E NOON . . , Frontispiece CHAPTER THE HEAT OF THE SUN. THERE is not in the whole range of modern science a more fruitful subject for. discussion than the sun and his connection with the earth. In the first place it is the function of the suns attracting power to constrain the earth to follow that orbit in which she performs her annual revolution. The same office is also filled by the sun in the guidance of the several planets which, like our earth, are controlled by the one great central power. Thero are other functions in which the sun appears to be more obviously our benefactor by contributing several of the necessaries for our welfare. Chief among these is his provision of the heat by which life is sustained. The study of ths benefits conferred on ns by the sun in this particular opens up most interesting questions...

ISBN-13: 9781408624494
ISBN-10: 1408624494
Publication Date: 10/29/2007
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Whitehead Press
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