58. } { 171
59. } DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THOSE NEAR THE BEGINNING { 174
60. } OF NEWTON'S "PRINCIPIA" { 175
61-2. } { 175
63. PRISMATIC DISPERSION 182
64. A SINGLE CONSTITUENT OF WHITE LIGHT IS CAPABLE OF NO
MORE DISPERSION 183
65. PARALLEL BEAM PASSING THROUGH A LENS 184
66. NEWTON'S TELESCOPE 186
67. THE SEXTANT, AS NOW MADE 187
68. NEWTON WHEN YOUNG 196
69. SIR ISAAC NEWTON 200
70. ANOTHER "PRINCIPIA" DIAGRAM 207
71. WELL-KNOWN MODEL EXHIBITING THE OBLATE SPHEROIDAL
FORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SPINNING ABOUT A CENTRAL
AXIS 219
72. JUPITER 221
73. DIAGRAM OF EYE LOOKING AT A LIGHT REFLECTED IN A DISTANT
MIRROR THROUGH THE TEETH OF A REVOLVING WHEEL 238
74. FIZEAU'S WHEEL, SHOWING THE APPEARANCE OF DISTANT
IMAGE SEEN THROUGH ITS TEETH 239
75. ECLIPSES OF ONE OF JUPITER'S SATELLITES 241
76. A TRANSIT INSTRUMENT FOR THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION,
1874 243
77. DIAGRAM OF EQUATORIALLY MOUNTED TELESCOPE 245
78. ABERRATION DIAGRAM 250
79. SHOWING THE THREE CONJUNCTION PLACES IN THE ORBITS OF
JUPITER AND SATURN 259
80. LORD ROSSE'S DRAWING OF THE SPIRAL NEBULA IN CANES
VENATICI 269
81. SATURN 271
82. PRINCIPLE OF NEWTONIAN REFLECTOR 278
83. HERSCHEL'S 40-FOOT TELESCOPE 283
84. WILLIAM HERSCHEL 285
85. CAROLINE HERSCHEL 287
86. DOUBLE STARS 288
87. OLD DRAWING OF THE CLUSTER IN HERCULES 290
88. OLD DRAWING OF THE ANDROMEDA NEBULA 291
89. THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION 292
90. PLANETARY ORBITS TO SCALE 297
91. DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING PARALLAX 307
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