Star-land: Being Talks With Young People About the Wonders of the Heavens
Part 25
Star Maps, 206, 318; How to make, 389.
Stars, 318; Number of, 321.
” are Suns, 320.
” Clusters of, 327.
” Disguised, 205.
” Distances of, 332.
” Double, 342; Motion of, 344.
” How to name the, 381.
” seen in Daylight, 59.
” Variable, 341.
” What made of, 347.
Steam, Clouds a Form of, 15.
Steel melted by Sunbeams, 7.
Strontium, 348.
Sun and Sirius compared in Brightness, 320.
Sun, Benefits that we receive from the, 10.
Sun, Express Train to, 18.
Sun must be Hotter than Molten Steel, 7.
Sun’s Appearance, 35.
” Attraction on a Comet, 274.
” Corona, 44.
” Diameter, 391.
” Distance, 17, 158, 210, 391.
” Heat and Brightness, 1.
” Rotation, 39, 391.
” Shape and Size, 29.
” Share in Five o’Clock Tea, 10.
” Spots, 33.
” Sunbeams, Preserved, 13.
Sunday, 74, 135.
Sunlight, Proportion of, received by Earth, 9.
Sunset at Marseilles, 30.
Sunshine at North Pole, 71.
” Recorder, 5.
T.
Tails of Comets, 281.
Telegraph used for Comets, 267.
Telescope of Dunsink Observatory, 96.
Telescope of Yerkes Observatory, 98.
Telescopes, 92; Reflecting, 232; Herschel’s, 233.
Telescopic Aid, 200.
” View of Moon, 101, 104.
Tethys, Distance and Period of, 392.
Theory to account for the Sun’s Rising and Setting, 48.
Thursday, 135.
Ticket to Alpha Centauri, 339.
Time occupied by Light and Stars, 335.
Titan, Distance and Period of, 392.
Titania, 243.
Titania, Distance and Period of, 392.
Top-spinning under Air Pump, 183.
Total Eclipse of the Sun, Appearances during, 40.
Toy, Burning-glass not merely a, 6.
Train to the Sun, 18.
Transit of Venus, 154.
Trouvelot’s Drawing of Eclipse, 41.
Trouvelot’s Drawing of Solar Prominences, 45.
Tuesday, 135.
Twilight, 47.
Two Eyes Better than One, 19.
Tycho Brahe, 170.
Tycho’s Method of Observing, 172.
Tyndall’s, Professor, Heating Effect of Electric Lamp, 6.
U.
Umbriel, 243.
Umbriel, Distance and Period of, 392.
Universe, Seen and Unseen, 377.
“Up, Guards, and at them,” 337.
Uranus and Earth compared, 243.
Uranus, Clouds on, 243.
” Color of, 242.
” Diameter of, 391.
” Discovery of, 237.
” Distance of, 391.
Uranus, Former Observations of, 241.
Uranus, Period of, 391.
” Rotation of, 391.
” Satellites of, 242.
Uranus, Satellites of, Distances and Periods of, 392.
Uranus, Time of Revolution, 213.
” Weight of, 243.
Ursa Major, or Great Bear, 381.
Use of Two Eyes, 19.
Utility of Telescope, 200.
V.
Vapor of Iron, 291.
Variable Stars, 341.
Vega, 337.
Velocity of a Planet, 138.
” ” Light, 219.
Venus, 134, 150.
Venus, Appearance of, during Transit, 157.
Venus as a World, 158.
” Composition of Air on, 160.
Venus, Diameter and Distance of, 391.
Venus, Gravitation on, 159.
” Greatest Brilliance of, 152.
Venus, in Telescope, 151.
” Period and Rotation of, 391.
Venus, Sun’s Distance deduced from Transit of, 158.
Venus, Temperature of, 159.
” Transit of, 154.
Venus, When and where to seek, 150.
View of Earth from the Sun, 28.
Views of Lunar Scenery, 104, 109.
” ” Mars, 189, 190.
Visibility, Limit of, 102.
” of Earth, 369.
Volcanoes, Number of, 112.
Voyage to the Moon, 124.
” ” Sun, 2.
Vulcan, 48, 49, 57.
W.
Waste of the Tail-making Material of Comets, 283.
Water, Hot, and the Sun, 14.
Water-mill turned by Sun, 16.
Water on Moon, 127.
Waterloo, 68, 337.
Wednesday, 135.
Weighed, How Planets are, 142.
Weighing Scales for Comets, 276.
Weight of Jupiter, 214.
” ” Mercury, 149.
” ” Uranus, 243.
Weights on the Moon, 127.
” ” ” Sun, 132.
What Nebulæ are made of, 359.
” Stars are made of, 347.
Wind, Cause of, 14.
Wind-mill turned by Sun, 15.
Worcester’s Dictionary, Use of, 269.
Y.
Yellowstone Park, 115.
Yerkes Observatory, Chicago, Telescope at, 98.
Transcriber’s Notes
The Table of Contents does not mention the “Table of Useful Astronomical Facts”, which begins on page 391, immediately preceding the Index.
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