Essays in Astronomy

Authors and essays in this volume Sir Robert Stawell Atoms and Sunbeams -- The Wanderings of the North Pole Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin): The Age of the Sun’s Heat Richard Anthony The Past and Future of our Earth Robert Simpson Mathematical Theories of the Earth Giovanni Virginio The Rotation and Physical Constitution of the Planet Mercury -- The Planet Mars George Howard Meteorites and Stellar Systems William Magnitude of the Solar System Ormsby McKnight The Stability of the Solar System Edmund The New Planet, Eros Edward Singleton Old and New-- Photography the Servant of Astronomy-- The Beginnings of American Astronomy Sir John Frederick William Stellar Parallax Charles S. The History of the Telescope William Results of Spectrum Analysis Applied to Heavenly Bodies-- Celestial Spectroscopy-- The New Astronomy David An Astronomer’s Work in a Modern Observatory Pierre The System of the WorldCThe Nebular Hypothesis George M. Marquis de Laplace-- Are the Planets Habitable ?