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In the high heavens. By Sir Robert S. Ball. With numerous illustrations.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy.
- Physical Description:
- 383 p. col. front., illus. (incl. maps) 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, Isbister; Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1894.
- Contents:
- The movements of the solar system
- The physical condition of other worlds
- The wanderings of the North Pole
- The great eclipse of 1893
- The fifth satellite of Jupiter
- Mars
- Points in spectroscopic astronomy
- The new astronomy
- The boundaries of astronomy
- Is the universe infinite?
- How long can the Earth sustain life?
- The "heat wave" of 1892
- Visitors from the sky
- The origin of meteorites
- The constitution of gases.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Dec 11 1893."
- OCLC:
- 4476092
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