The Story of the Heavens

Project Gutenberg's The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell BallThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Story of the HeavensAuthor: Robert Stawell BallRelease Date: December 1, 2008 [EBook #27378]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS ***Produced by K. Nordquist, Brenda Lewis, Stephen Hope, GregBergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttp://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from imagesgenerously made available by The Internet Archive/AmericanLibraries.)Transcriber’s NoteThe punctuation and spelling from the original text have been faithfully preserved. Only obvious typographical errorshave been corrected.THE STORY OF THE HEAVENSPLATE I. THE PLANET SATURN, IN 1872. PLATE I.THE PLANET SATURN,IN 1872.THESTORY OF THE HEAVENSSIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL, LL.D. D.Sc.Author of "Star-Land"FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, HONORARY FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OFEDINBURGH, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO THECOMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LIGHTS, LOWNDEAN PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY ANDGEOMETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, AND FORMERLYROYAL ASTRONOMER OF IRELANDWITH TWENTY-FOUR COLOURED PLATES AND NUMEROUSILLUSTRATIONSNEW AND REVISED EDITIONC A Sa ...