The Story of the Solar System

Name: The Story of the Solar System
Author: Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)

Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)

Solar system

B.
  Barnard. E. E., 120, 134.
  Barnard’s Comet, 168.
  Bayeux Tapestry, 171.
  Beer and Mädler;
      their map of the Moon, 96.
  Belts on Jupiter, 115, 123;
      on Saturn, 122.
  Bergeron’s Experiment, 93.
  Bessel, W., 124.
  Biela’s Comet, 168.
  Bode’s so-called “Law,” 110.
  Bond, G. P., 132, 133.
  Bouvard, A., 143.
  Bradley, Rev. J., 144.
  Bredechin’s theory of Tails of Comets, 157.
  Brorsen’s Comet, 167.

                                   C.
  “Canals” on Mars, 106.
  Carpenter, J., 134.
  Carrington, R. C., 46, 49.
  Cassini, J. D., 36, 118, 128, 130, 136.
  Ceres (Minor Planet), 112.
  Challis, Rev. J., 146.
  Charts, Celestial, 112, 147.
  Chinese observations, 25, 172.
  Clouds influenced by the Moon, 98.
  Coggia’s Comet, 1874, 151.
  Comets, 150;
      periodic, 162, 170;
      remarkable, 176.
  Comparative sizes of the Planets, 11.
  Comparative size of the Sun from the Planets, 17.
  Compression of the Planets, 70, 122, 137.
  Conjunction of the Planets, 14, 15, 66.
  Copernican System, 72.
  Copernicus, 72, 73, 76.

                                   D.
  D’Arrest, 147.
  D’Arrest’s Comet, 168.
  Dawes, W. R., 106, 133.
  Day and night, 12.
  Day, length of, 74.
  De La Rue, W., 35, 36, 49, 52.
  Denning’s Comet, 168.
  Density of the Planets, 17, 183.
  Diameter of the Sun and Planets, 183.
  Di Vico, 62, 63.
  Di Vico’s Comet, 172.
  Distance of the Planets from the Sun, 20, 183.
  Donati’s Comet of 1858, 157, 163, 178.
  Dufour on Twinkling, 84.

                                   E.
  Earth, annual motion of, 75;
      figure of, 70.
  Earthshine, 66, 93.
  Eccentricity of Planetary orbits, 10, 60, 75.
  Eclipses of the Sun, 56, 57;
      of the Moon, 120.
  Ecliptic, plane of, 9, 10, 74.
  Egyptian System, 72.
  Elliptic Orbits, 10.
  Elongation of Planets, 14.
  Encke, J. F., 147.
  Encke’s Comet, 167, 174, 175.
  Equinoxes, 74.
  Ewart, Gen. J. A., 178.

                                   F.
  Faculæ on the Sun, 42, 43.
  Faye’s Comet, 168.
  Finlay’s Comet, 168.
  Flammarion, C., 62, 66, 171.
  Flamsteed, Rev. J., 140, 144.

                                   G.
  Galileo, 89, 101, 120, 125.
  Galle, J. G., 147.
  Gassendi, 76.
  Geodesy, 70.
  Georgium Sidus, 141.
  Goldschmidt, H., 4.
  Granules, Solar, 38.
  Gravity on the Sun and Planets, 183.

                                   H.
  Hall, A., 109.
  Halley’s Comet, 164, 171.
  Heat rays of the Sun, 20;
      of the Moon, 96.
  Herschel, Sir W., 34, 40, 44, 58, 100, 103, 134, 137, 138, 142.
  Herschel, Sir J. F. W., 24, 96, 99, 103, 132, 175.
  Hind, J. R., 119, 173, 175.
  Holden, E. S., 106.
  Holland, Sir H., 78.
  Holmes’s Comet, 1892, 159.
  Homer’s _Iliad_, cited, 68.
  Howlett, Rev. F., 47.
  Huggins, W., 40.
  Huygens, C., 127, 130.
  Hyperbola, 162.
  Hyperbolic Comets, 162.

                                   I.
  Inclination of planetary orbits, 9.
  Inferior Planets, 9, 12.

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The Story of the Solar System

Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)

Solar system

B.
  Barnard. E. E., 120, 134.
  Barnard’s Comet, 168.
  Bayeux Tapestry, 171.
  Beer and Mädler;
      their map of the Moon, 96.
  Belts on Jupiter, 115, 123;
      on Saturn, 122.
  Bergeron’s Experiment, 93.
  Bessel, W., 124.
  Biela’s Comet, 168.
  Bode’s so-called “Law,” 110.
  Bond, G. P., 132, 133.
  Bouvard, A., 143.
  Bradley, Rev. J., 144.
  Bredechin’s theory of Tails of Comets, 157.
  Brorsen’s Comet, 167.

                                   C.
  “Canals” on Mars, 106.
  Carpenter, J., 134.
  Carrington, R. C., 46, 49.
  Cassini, J. D., 36, 118, 128, 130, 136.
  Ceres (Minor Planet), 112.
  Challis, Rev. J., 146.
  Charts, Celestial, 112, 147.
  Chinese observations, 25, 172.
  Clouds influenced by the Moon, 98.
  Coggia’s Comet, 1874, 151.
  Comets, 150;
      periodic, 162, 170;
      remarkable, 176.
  Comparative sizes of the Planets, 11.
  Comparative size of the Sun from the Planets, 17.
  Compression of the Planets, 70, 122, 137.
  Conjunction of the Planets, 14, 15, 66.
  Copernican System, 72.
  Copernicus, 72, 73, 76.

                                   D.
  D’Arrest, 147.
  D’Arrest’s Comet, 168.
  Dawes, W. R., 106, 133.
  Day and night, 12.
  Day, length of, 74.
  De La Rue, W., 35, 36, 49, 52.
  Denning’s Comet, 168.
  Density of the Planets, 17, 183.
  Diameter of the Sun and Planets, 183.
  Di Vico, 62, 63.
  Di Vico’s Comet, 172.
  Distance of the Planets from the Sun, 20, 183.
  Donati’s Comet of 1858, 157, 163, 178.
  Dufour on Twinkling, 84.

                                   E.
  Earth, annual motion of, 75;
      figure of, 70.
  Earthshine, 66, 93.
  Eccentricity of Planetary orbits, 10, 60, 75.
  Eclipses of the Sun, 56, 57;
      of the Moon, 120.
  Ecliptic, plane of, 9, 10, 74.
  Egyptian System, 72.
  Elliptic Orbits, 10.
  Elongation of Planets, 14.
  Encke, J. F., 147.
  Encke’s Comet, 167, 174, 175.
  Equinoxes, 74.
  Ewart, Gen. J. A., 178.

                                   F.
  Faculæ on the Sun, 42, 43.
  Faye’s Comet, 168.
  Finlay’s Comet, 168.
  Flammarion, C., 62, 66, 171.
  Flamsteed, Rev. J., 140, 144.

                                   G.
  Galileo, 89, 101, 120, 125.
  Galle, J. G., 147.
  Gassendi, 76.
  Geodesy, 70.
  Georgium Sidus, 141.
  Goldschmidt, H., 4.
  Granules, Solar, 38.
  Gravity on the Sun and Planets, 183.

                                   H.
  Hall, A., 109.
  Halley’s Comet, 164, 171.
  Heat rays of the Sun, 20;
      of the Moon, 96.
  Herschel, Sir W., 34, 40, 44, 58, 100, 103, 134, 137, 138, 142.
  Herschel, Sir J. F. W., 24, 96, 99, 103, 132, 175.
  Hind, J. R., 119, 173, 175.
  Holden, E. S., 106.
  Holland, Sir H., 78.
  Holmes’s Comet, 1892, 159.
  Homer’s _Iliad_, cited, 68.
  Howlett, Rev. F., 47.
  Huggins, W., 40.
  Huygens, C., 127, 130.
  Hyperbola, 162.
  Hyperbolic Comets, 162.

                                   I.
  Inclination of planetary orbits, 9.
  Inferior Planets, 9, 12.

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The Story of the Solar System

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