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

J.
  Janssen J., 47.
  Juno (Minor Planet), 112.
  Jupiter: its influence on Sun-spots doubtful, 51, 53;
      on Comets, 171;
      its light, 7.

                                   K.
  Kepler, 55, 125, 166.
  Kew Observatory, 47.

                                   L.
  La Hire, 63.
  Lalande, 34.
  Lassell, W., 123, 142, 185.
  Ledger, Rev. E., 84.
  Le Monnier, 140, 144.
  Le Verrier, U. J. J., 147.
  Lexell’s Comet, 172.
  Liais’s Comet, 170.
  Logogriphs as to Venus, 68;
      as to Saturn, 127.

                                   M.
  Mädler, J. H., 63, 96.
  Magnetism, Terrestrial, 55.
  Maps, Astronomical, 112, 147.
  Mars, 100.
  Maskelyne, Rev. N., 139.
  Mass of the Sun, and of the Planets, 20, 183.
  Medium, Resisting, 175.
  Mercury, 57;
      phases of, 15;
      its influence on Sun-spots, 51;
      its luminosity, 67.
  Milton, J., _Paradise Lost_, cited, 153.
  Minor Planets, 110.
  Montigny on Twinkling, 84.
  Moon, 89.
  Moonlight, Brightness of, 96.
  Motions of the Planets, 10.
  Mountains of the Moon, 90.

                                   N.
  Napoleon I., 154, 176.
  Nasmyth, J., 40.
  Needle, Magnetic, 55.
  Neptune, 143;
      its influence on Uranus, 143.
  Newton, Sir I., 176.
  Nubian after-glow, 83.
  Nucleus of a Sun-spot, 22.

                                   O.
  Obliquity of the ecliptic, 74.
  Occultations of Jupiter’s Satellites, 121.
  Olbers, W., 112, 174.
  Opposition of Planets, 13.
  Orbits of the Planets, 9, 10;
      of Comets, 161.

                                   P.
  Pallas (Minor Planet), 112, 113, 114.
  Parabola, 162.
  Penumbra of a Sun-spot, 22.
  Perihelion, 11, 102.
  Periodic Comets, 162, 170.
  Perturbations of Uranus by Neptune, 145.
  Phases of an inferior Planet, 15;
      of a superior Planet, 16;
      of Mars, 100;
      of Jupiter, 115.
  Piazzi, G., 111.
  Planets, classification of, 7;
      comparative sizes of, 11;
      movements of, 10.
  Plutarch, 71.
  Poles of Mars, snow at, 104.
  Primary Planets, 7.
  Ptolemaic System, 72.

                                   Q.
  Quadrature of a Planet, 16.
  Quenisset’s Comet, 1893, 156.

                                   R.
  Rays of the Sun, 20.
  Refraction, 77;
      effect of, 77.
  Red spot on Jupiter, 118.
  Resisting Medium, 175.
  Retrograde motion of a Planet, 15.
  “Rice grains” on the Sun, 39, 40.
  Rings of Saturn, 128.
  Rosse, Earl of, 93.
  Rotation of the Sun, 24, 28;
      of the planets, 17, 183.
  Rotundity of the Earth, 76.

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The Story of the Solar System

Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)

Solar system

J.
  Janssen J., 47.
  Juno (Minor Planet), 112.
  Jupiter: its influence on Sun-spots doubtful, 51, 53;
      on Comets, 171;
      its light, 7.

                                   K.
  Kepler, 55, 125, 166.
  Kew Observatory, 47.

                                   L.
  La Hire, 63.
  Lalande, 34.
  Lassell, W., 123, 142, 185.
  Ledger, Rev. E., 84.
  Le Monnier, 140, 144.
  Le Verrier, U. J. J., 147.
  Lexell’s Comet, 172.
  Liais’s Comet, 170.
  Logogriphs as to Venus, 68;
      as to Saturn, 127.

                                   M.
  Mädler, J. H., 63, 96.
  Magnetism, Terrestrial, 55.
  Maps, Astronomical, 112, 147.
  Mars, 100.
  Maskelyne, Rev. N., 139.
  Mass of the Sun, and of the Planets, 20, 183.
  Medium, Resisting, 175.
  Mercury, 57;
      phases of, 15;
      its influence on Sun-spots, 51;
      its luminosity, 67.
  Milton, J., _Paradise Lost_, cited, 153.
  Minor Planets, 110.
  Montigny on Twinkling, 84.
  Moon, 89.
  Moonlight, Brightness of, 96.
  Motions of the Planets, 10.
  Mountains of the Moon, 90.

                                   N.
  Napoleon I., 154, 176.
  Nasmyth, J., 40.
  Needle, Magnetic, 55.
  Neptune, 143;
      its influence on Uranus, 143.
  Newton, Sir I., 176.
  Nubian after-glow, 83.
  Nucleus of a Sun-spot, 22.

                                   O.
  Obliquity of the ecliptic, 74.
  Occultations of Jupiter’s Satellites, 121.
  Olbers, W., 112, 174.
  Opposition of Planets, 13.
  Orbits of the Planets, 9, 10;
      of Comets, 161.

                                   P.
  Pallas (Minor Planet), 112, 113, 114.
  Parabola, 162.
  Penumbra of a Sun-spot, 22.
  Perihelion, 11, 102.
  Periodic Comets, 162, 170.
  Perturbations of Uranus by Neptune, 145.
  Phases of an inferior Planet, 15;
      of a superior Planet, 16;
      of Mars, 100;
      of Jupiter, 115.
  Piazzi, G., 111.
  Planets, classification of, 7;
      comparative sizes of, 11;
      movements of, 10.
  Plutarch, 71.
  Poles of Mars, snow at, 104.
  Primary Planets, 7.
  Ptolemaic System, 72.

                                   Q.
  Quadrature of a Planet, 16.
  Quenisset’s Comet, 1893, 156.

                                   R.
  Rays of the Sun, 20.
  Refraction, 77;
      effect of, 77.
  Red spot on Jupiter, 118.
  Resisting Medium, 175.
  Retrograde motion of a Planet, 15.
  “Rice grains” on the Sun, 39, 40.
  Rings of Saturn, 128.
  Rosse, Earl of, 93.
  Rotation of the Sun, 24, 28;
      of the planets, 17, 183.
  Rotundity of the Earth, 76.

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