The Earth's BeginningBall, Robert S. (Robert Stawell)
Science
The Earth's Beginning
Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell)
Krakatoa (Indonesia); Nebular hypothesis
20. Solar Corona 117
21. The Great Comet of 1882 119
22. Special Thermometer for use in Deep 129
Borings
23. At the Bottom of the Great Bore 140
24. Three consecutive Shells of the Earth’s 145
Crust
25. Earthquake Routes from Japan to the Isle 171
of Wight
Showing Localities of Earthquakes 175
(colour)
26. Showing Coasts invaded by the Great 179
Sea-waves from Krakatoa
The Early Stage of the Eruption of 180
Krakatoa (colour)
27. Spread of the Air-wave from Krakatoa to 183
the Antipodes
28. The great Spiral Nebula 193
29. How to find the great Spiral Nebula 196
30. A group of Nebulæ 199
31. A Ray Nebula 201
32. Portion of the Milky Way 205
33. A Spiral Nebula seen Edgewise 211
34. A foreshortened Spiral 212
35. Edge-view of a Spiral boldly shown 213
36. To illustrate Moment of Momentum 223
37. Saturn 233
38. The Ring Nebula in Lyra 249
39. Lunar Craters: Hyginus and Albategnius 255
40. A remarkable Spiral 257
41. A clearly-cut Spiral 259
42. The H and K Lines in the Photographic 276
Solar Spectrum
43. Spectrum of Comet showing Carbon Lines 290
The Solar Spectrum (colour) 290
44. Spectrum of the Sun during Eclipse 291
45. A Spiral presented Edgewise 296
46. The Plane of a Planet’s Orbit 298
47. A Right Angle divided into Ten Parts 301
48. Illustration of the Second Concord 309
49. Orbits of the Earth, Eros and Mars 313
50. I. A Natural System. II. An Unnatural 318
System
51. An elongated irregular Nebula 329
52. Two-branched Spiral 345
53. Cluster with Stars of the 17th Magnitude 353
54. Spectrum of Nova Persei (1901) 359
55. The Apteryx: a Wingless Bird of New 365
Zealand
56. Skeleton of the Apteryx, showing 366
Rudimentary Wings
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