For many years I have had it in my mind to endeavor to supply some day, so far as might be, that of which there appeared to be a serious want - a plain and easily-to-be-understood Introduction to Astronomy...volume fitted for "beginners" of all kinds, whether children, working-men, or even grown people of the educated classes, who should have a desire to enter for the first time on the study of this fascinating science. - Summary Adapted from the Preface
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Earth: One of a Family
13:39 - Chapter 2
The Head of Our Family
18:44 - Chapter 3
What Binds the Family Together?
18:17 - Chapter 4
The Leading Members of Our Family - The First Group
14:15 - Chapter 5
The Leading Members of Our Family - The Second Group
14:23 - Chapter 6
Our Particular Friend and Attendant
15:47 - Chapter 7
Visitors
10:58 - Chapter 8
Little Servants
13:17 - Chapter 9
Neighboring Families
16:43 - Chapter 10
Our Neighbor's Movements
16:27 - Chapter 11
More About the Solar System
16:57 - Chapter 12
More About the Sun
15:46 - Chapter 13
Yet More About the Sun
12:35 - Chapter 14
More About the Moon
11:30 - Chapter 15
Yet More About the Moon
14:00 - Chapter 16
Mercury, Venus and Mars
25:51 - Chapter 17
Jupiter
13:28 - Chapter 18
Saturn
10:04 - Chapter 19
Uranus and Neptune
10:57 - Chapter 20
Comets and Meteors
09:20 - Chapter 21
More About Comets and Meteors
12:25 - Chapter 22
Many Suns
12:56 - Chapter 23
Some Particular Suns
17:55 - Chapter 24
Different Kinds of Suns
13:39 - Chapter 25
Groups and Clusters of Suns
12:16 - Chapter 26
The Milky Way
14:55 - Chapter 27
Reading the Light
14:55 - Chapter 28
Further Thoughts
17:25