[Illustration: Showing the five groups considered in the book] [Illustration: Group of Extinct Animals.] OUTLINES OF CREATION. BY ELISHA NOYCE. AUTHOR OF "THE BOY'S BOOK OF INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION." ILLUSTRATED WITH FOUR HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS, BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL. LONDON: WARD & LOCK, 158, FLEET STREET. 1858. (_The right of Translation is reserved._) Dalziel, Brothers, Camden Press, London. CONTENTS. THE SKY. PAGE Sky, definition of 1 Stars, what they are 1 Sun, probable planets of 2 Nebulæ 2 Solar system 3 Planets, list of 3 Sun, the source of light 3 " size, diameter, &c. 3 " spots on 3 " compared with size of planets 4 Orbits, elliptical 5 Ellipse, definition of 5 Earth's orbit, form of 6 Mercury 6 Venus 7 Planets, inferior and superior 7 " conjunction and opposition of 8 The Earth 8 " form of, demonstrated 9 " diurnal motion of 10 " rate of motion of 10 Equinoxes and solstices 12 The Moon 12 " phases of 13 Mars 14 Jupiter 16 " satellites of 18 Saturn 18 " rings of 19 Uranus 21 Neptune 22 The planetoids 22 " supposed origin of 23 The stellar system 24 Stars, number of 24 The Milky Way 24 Nebulæ 24 Constellations 25 Stars, double 26 " variable 27 Comets 27 THE AIR. Air, how perceived 29 " composition of 29 " weight of 30 Barometer, principle of 30 Winds, course of 31 Vapour, condensation of 31 Snow, hail, and frost 32 " red and green 32 Air, temperature of 32 Dew, cause of 33 " artificial formation of 34 Clouds and fogs 35 Lightning 36