Late nineteenth century, illustrated account of astronomy in handsome binding:

The Story of the Heavens

by Sir Robert Stawell Ball

Published by Cassell and Company Limited in 1893. New and revised edition.

Contents: The Astronomical Observatory; The Sun;The Moon; The Solar System; The Law of Gravitation; The Planet of Romance; Mercury; Venus; The Earth; Mars; The Minor Planets; Jupiter; Saturn;Uranus; Neptune; Comets; Shooting Stars; The Starry Heavens; The Distant Suns; Double Stars; The Distances of the Stars; The Spectroscope; Star Clusters and Nebulae; The Precession and Nutation of the Earth's Axis; The Aberration of Light; The Astronomical Significance of Heat; The Tides.

Bound with leather book spine.

With eighteen plates and numerous illustrations.

Hardback, 556 pages, 16.5 cm by 24 cm.

Acceptable Condition

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