| Author: | Arabella B. Buckley | ISBN: | 1230000012333 |
| Publisher: | Zhingoora Books | Publication: | August 14, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Arabella B. Buckley |
| ISBN: | 1230000012333 |
| Publisher: | Zhingoora Books |
| Publication: | August 14, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE MAGICIAN'S CHAMBER BY MOONLIGHT
CHAPTER II
MAGIC GLASSES AND HOW TO USE THEM
CHAPTER III
FAIRY RINGS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE
CHAPTER IV
THE LIFE-HISTORY OF LICHENS AND MOSSES
CHAPTER V
THE HISTORY OF A LAVA STREAM
CHAPTER VI
AN HOUR WITH THE SUN
CHAPTER VII
AN EVENING AMONG THE STARS
CHAPTER VIII
LITTLE BEINGS FROM A MINIATURE OCEAN
CHAPTER IX
THE DARTMOOR PONIES
CHAPTER X
THE MAGICIAN'S DREAM OF ANCIENT DAYS
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATES
PAGE
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEBULA OF ORION Frontispiece
TABLE OF COLOURED SPECTRA Plate I. facing pg.127
COLOURED DOUBLE STARS Plate II. facing pg.167
WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT
PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON Initial letter 1
A BOY ILLUSTRATING THE PHASES OF THE MOON 6
COURSE OF THE MOON IN THE HEAVENS 8
CHART OF THE MOON 10
FACE OF THE FULL MOON 11
TYCHO AND HIS SURROUNDINGS (from a photograph by De la Rue) 13
PLAN OF THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE 15
THE CRATER COPERNICUS 17
THE LUNAR APPENNINES (from a photograph by M.M. Henri) 19
THE CRATER PLATO SEEN SOON AFTER SUNRISE 20
DIAGRAM OF TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON 23
BOY AND MICROSCOPE Initial letter 27
EYE-BALL SEEN FROM THE FRONT 30
SECTION OF AN EYE LOOKING AT A PENCIL 31
IMAGE OF A CANDLE-FLAME THROWN ON PAPER BY A LENS 33
ARROW MAGNIFIED BY A CONVEX LENS 35
STUDENT'S MICROSCOPE 36
SKELETON OF A MICROSCOPE 37
FOSSIL DIATOMS SEEN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 39
AN ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE 41
TWO SKELETONS OF TELESCOPES 44
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA 47
KIRCHHOFF'S SPECTROSCOPE 51
PASSAGE OF RAYS THROUGH THE SPECTROSCOPE 52
A GROUP OF FAIRY-RING MUSHROOMS Initial letter 55
THREE FORMS OF VEGETABLE MOULD MAGNIFIED 61
MUCOR MUCEDO GREATLY MAGNIFIED 63
YEAST CELLS GROWING UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 65
EARLY STAGES OF THE MUSHROOM 67
LATER STAGES OF THE MUSHROOM 68
MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF MUSHROOM GILLS 69
A GROUP OF CUP LICHENS Initial letter 75
EXAMPLES OF LICHENS FROM LIFE 77
SINGE-CELLED PLANTS GROWING 78
SECTIONS OF LICHENS 81
FRUCTIFICATION OF A LICHEN 83
A STEM OF FEATHERY MOSS FROM LIFE 85
MOSS-LEAF MAGNIFIED 87
POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE, A LARGE HAIR-MOSS 88
FRUCTIFICATION OF A MOSS 89
SPHAGNUM MOSS FROM A DEVONSHIRE BOG 93
SURFACE OF A LAVA-FLOW Initial letter 96
VESUVIUS AS SEEN IN ERUPTION 97
TOP OF VESUVIUS IN 1864 100
DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION OF AN ACTIVE VOLCANO 105
SECTION OF A LAVA-FLOW 108
VOLCANIC GLASS WITH CRYSTALLITES AND MICROLITHS 109
VOLCANIC GLASS WITH WELL-DEVELOPED MICROLITHS 110
A PIECE OF DARTMOOR GRANITE 112
VOLCANIC GLASS SHOWING LARGE INCLUDED CRYSTALS 115
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN Initial letter 117
FACE OF THE SUN PROJECTED ON A PIECE OF CARDBOARD 120
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUN'S FACE, taken by Mr. Selwyn (Secchi, Le Soleil) 122
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, SHOWING CORONA AND PROMINENCES (Guillemin, Le Ciel) 124
KIRCHHOFF'S EXPERIMENT ON THE DARK SODIUM LINE 128
THE SPECTROSCOPE ATTACHED TO THE TELESCOPE FOR SOLAR WORK 132
SUN-SPECTRUM AND PROMINENCE SPECTRUM COMPARED 134
RED PROMINENCES, as drawn by Mr. Lockyer 1869 136
A QUIET SUN-SPOT 140
A TUMULTUOUS SUN-SPOT 141
A STAR-CLUSTER Initial letter 145
SOME CONSTELLATIONS SEEN ON LOOKING SOUTH IN MARCH FROM SIX TO NINE O'CLOCK 148
THE CHIEF STARS OF ORION, WITH ALDEBARAN 149
THE TRAPEZIUM θ ORIONIS 150
SPECTRUM OF ORION'S NEBULA AND SUN-SPECTRUM COMPARED 151
SOME CONSTELLATIONS SEEN ON LOOKING NORTH IN MARCH FROM SIX TO NINE O'CLOCK 156
THE GREAT BEAR, SHOWING POSITION OF THE BINARY STAR 157
DRIFTING OF THE SEVEN STARS OF CHARLES'S WAIN 159
CASSIOPEIA AND THE HEAVENLY BODIES NEAR 162
ε LYRÆ, A DOUBLE-BINARY STAR 166
A SEASIDE POOL Initial letter 172
A GROUP OF SEAWEEDS (natural size) 175
ULVA LACTUCA, a piece greatly magnified 176
SEAWEEDS, magnified to show fruits 177
A CORALLINE AND SERTULARIAN COMPARED 179
SERTULARIA TENELLA HANGING IN WATER 180
THURICOLLA FOLLICULATA AND CHILOMONAS AMYGDALUM 182
A GROUP OF LIVING DIATOMS 184
A DIATOM GROWING 185
CYDIPPE PILEUS, ANIMAL AND STRUCTURE 187
THE SEA-MAT, FLUSTRA FOLIACEA 191
DIAGRAM OF THE FLUSTRA ANIMAL 192
DARTMOOR PONIES Initial letter 195
EQUUS HEMIONUS, THE HORSE-ASS OF TARTARY AND TIBET 201
PRZEVALSKY'S WILD HORSE 202
SKELETON OF AN ANIMAL OF THE HORSE-TRIBE 206
PALÆOLITHIC MAN CHIPPING FLINT TOOLS Initial letter 209
SCENE IN PALÆOLITHIC TIMES 212
PALÆOLITHIC RELICS—NEEDLE, TOOTH, IMPLEMENT 213
MAMMOTH ENGRAVED ON IVORY 216
NEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS—HATCHET, CELT, SPINDLE WHORL 219
A BURIAL IN NEOLITHIC TIMES 221
BRITISH RELICS—COIN, BRONZE CELT, AND BRACELET 223
BRITONS TAKING REFUGE IN THE CAVE 224
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE MAGICIAN'S CHAMBER BY MOONLIGHT
CHAPTER II
MAGIC GLASSES AND HOW TO USE THEM
CHAPTER III
FAIRY RINGS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE
CHAPTER IV
THE LIFE-HISTORY OF LICHENS AND MOSSES
CHAPTER V
THE HISTORY OF A LAVA STREAM
CHAPTER VI
AN HOUR WITH THE SUN
CHAPTER VII
AN EVENING AMONG THE STARS
CHAPTER VIII
LITTLE BEINGS FROM A MINIATURE OCEAN
CHAPTER IX
THE DARTMOOR PONIES
CHAPTER X
THE MAGICIAN'S DREAM OF ANCIENT DAYS
________________________________________
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATES
PAGE
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEBULA OF ORION Frontispiece
TABLE OF COLOURED SPECTRA Plate I. facing pg.127
COLOURED DOUBLE STARS Plate II. facing pg.167
WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT
PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON Initial letter 1
A BOY ILLUSTRATING THE PHASES OF THE MOON 6
COURSE OF THE MOON IN THE HEAVENS 8
CHART OF THE MOON 10
FACE OF THE FULL MOON 11
TYCHO AND HIS SURROUNDINGS (from a photograph by De la Rue) 13
PLAN OF THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE 15
THE CRATER COPERNICUS 17
THE LUNAR APPENNINES (from a photograph by M.M. Henri) 19
THE CRATER PLATO SEEN SOON AFTER SUNRISE 20
DIAGRAM OF TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON 23
BOY AND MICROSCOPE Initial letter 27
EYE-BALL SEEN FROM THE FRONT 30
SECTION OF AN EYE LOOKING AT A PENCIL 31
IMAGE OF A CANDLE-FLAME THROWN ON PAPER BY A LENS 33
ARROW MAGNIFIED BY A CONVEX LENS 35
STUDENT'S MICROSCOPE 36
SKELETON OF A MICROSCOPE 37
FOSSIL DIATOMS SEEN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 39
AN ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE 41
TWO SKELETONS OF TELESCOPES 44
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA 47
KIRCHHOFF'S SPECTROSCOPE 51
PASSAGE OF RAYS THROUGH THE SPECTROSCOPE 52
A GROUP OF FAIRY-RING MUSHROOMS Initial letter 55
THREE FORMS OF VEGETABLE MOULD MAGNIFIED 61
MUCOR MUCEDO GREATLY MAGNIFIED 63
YEAST CELLS GROWING UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 65
EARLY STAGES OF THE MUSHROOM 67
LATER STAGES OF THE MUSHROOM 68
MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF MUSHROOM GILLS 69
A GROUP OF CUP LICHENS Initial letter 75
EXAMPLES OF LICHENS FROM LIFE 77
SINGE-CELLED PLANTS GROWING 78
SECTIONS OF LICHENS 81
FRUCTIFICATION OF A LICHEN 83
A STEM OF FEATHERY MOSS FROM LIFE 85
MOSS-LEAF MAGNIFIED 87
POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE, A LARGE HAIR-MOSS 88
FRUCTIFICATION OF A MOSS 89
SPHAGNUM MOSS FROM A DEVONSHIRE BOG 93
SURFACE OF A LAVA-FLOW Initial letter 96
VESUVIUS AS SEEN IN ERUPTION 97
TOP OF VESUVIUS IN 1864 100
DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION OF AN ACTIVE VOLCANO 105
SECTION OF A LAVA-FLOW 108
VOLCANIC GLASS WITH CRYSTALLITES AND MICROLITHS 109
VOLCANIC GLASS WITH WELL-DEVELOPED MICROLITHS 110
A PIECE OF DARTMOOR GRANITE 112
VOLCANIC GLASS SHOWING LARGE INCLUDED CRYSTALS 115
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN Initial letter 117
FACE OF THE SUN PROJECTED ON A PIECE OF CARDBOARD 120
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUN'S FACE, taken by Mr. Selwyn (Secchi, Le Soleil) 122
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, SHOWING CORONA AND PROMINENCES (Guillemin, Le Ciel) 124
KIRCHHOFF'S EXPERIMENT ON THE DARK SODIUM LINE 128
THE SPECTROSCOPE ATTACHED TO THE TELESCOPE FOR SOLAR WORK 132
SUN-SPECTRUM AND PROMINENCE SPECTRUM COMPARED 134
RED PROMINENCES, as drawn by Mr. Lockyer 1869 136
A QUIET SUN-SPOT 140
A TUMULTUOUS SUN-SPOT 141
A STAR-CLUSTER Initial letter 145
SOME CONSTELLATIONS SEEN ON LOOKING SOUTH IN MARCH FROM SIX TO NINE O'CLOCK 148
THE CHIEF STARS OF ORION, WITH ALDEBARAN 149
THE TRAPEZIUM θ ORIONIS 150
SPECTRUM OF ORION'S NEBULA AND SUN-SPECTRUM COMPARED 151
SOME CONSTELLATIONS SEEN ON LOOKING NORTH IN MARCH FROM SIX TO NINE O'CLOCK 156
THE GREAT BEAR, SHOWING POSITION OF THE BINARY STAR 157
DRIFTING OF THE SEVEN STARS OF CHARLES'S WAIN 159
CASSIOPEIA AND THE HEAVENLY BODIES NEAR 162
ε LYRÆ, A DOUBLE-BINARY STAR 166
A SEASIDE POOL Initial letter 172
A GROUP OF SEAWEEDS (natural size) 175
ULVA LACTUCA, a piece greatly magnified 176
SEAWEEDS, magnified to show fruits 177
A CORALLINE AND SERTULARIAN COMPARED 179
SERTULARIA TENELLA HANGING IN WATER 180
THURICOLLA FOLLICULATA AND CHILOMONAS AMYGDALUM 182
A GROUP OF LIVING DIATOMS 184
A DIATOM GROWING 185
CYDIPPE PILEUS, ANIMAL AND STRUCTURE 187
THE SEA-MAT, FLUSTRA FOLIACEA 191
DIAGRAM OF THE FLUSTRA ANIMAL 192
DARTMOOR PONIES Initial letter 195
EQUUS HEMIONUS, THE HORSE-ASS OF TARTARY AND TIBET 201
PRZEVALSKY'S WILD HORSE 202
SKELETON OF AN ANIMAL OF THE HORSE-TRIBE 206
PALÆOLITHIC MAN CHIPPING FLINT TOOLS Initial letter 209
SCENE IN PALÆOLITHIC TIMES 212
PALÆOLITHIC RELICS—NEEDLE, TOOTH, IMPLEMENT 213
MAMMOTH ENGRAVED ON IVORY 216
NEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS—HATCHET, CELT, SPINDLE WHORL 219
A BURIAL IN NEOLITHIC TIMES 221
BRITISH RELICS—COIN, BRONZE CELT, AND BRACELET 223
BRITONS TAKING REFUGE IN THE CAVE 224
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