Heavenly Bodies: Their Nature and Habitability
by William Miller
About this book
Few subjects could be mentioned more remote from the common interests and pursuits of life than what has been usually called the “plurality of worlds,” an expression now so long restricted to one well-ascertained meaning as to have lost any ambiguity that might have been charged upon it. The question is one of mere curiosity, and leads to no direct result; but it has always carried with it an attraction irrespective of its unpractical nature, and has exercised the ingenuity of so many minds that its literature is of no inconsiderable extent. To this the book now in our hands is the most recent contribution. - Summary by Nature, August 9, 1883
Chapters (24)
1Introductory Observation
2The Sun's Magnitude, Distance, Motions, Light, and Heat Part 1
3The Sun's Magnitude, Distance, Motions, Light, and Heat Part 2
4The Constitution of the Sun, its Spots and Prominences Part 1
5The Constitution of the Sun, its Spots and Prominences Part 2
6The Constitution of the Sun, its Spots and Prominences Part 3
7Introductory Observations
8Historical Résumé — Views of Philosophers Part 1
9Historical Résumé — Views of Philosophers Part 2
10General Arguments for Plurality considered — Postulates
11The Sun, Stars, and supposed Stellar Systems Part 1
12The Sun, Stars, and supposed Stellar Systems Part 2
13Life upon the Earth Part 1
14Life upon the Earth Part 2
15Life upon the Earth Part 3
16The Moon
17The Minor Planets Part 1
18The Minor Planets Part 2
19Smaller Bodies of the System Part 1
20Smaller Bodies of the System Part 2
21The Major Planets Part 1
22The Major Planets Part 2
23The Major Planets Part 3
24Conclusion
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