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Robert S. Ball - the Story of the Heavens (1891)

Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913).

This comes from the legacy of my dear friend (Eisse) Peter Bus.
The first owner of the book was: J.C. Grant, 11=2=92, London. "To himself from himself."
Front
Front		 Spine
Spine		 Title page
Title page
Plates
Plates		 Plate I - Saturn
Plate I - Saturn		 Figure 4 - The Great Vienna Telescope
Figure 4 - The Great Vienna Telescope
Figure 6 - Lord Rosse's Telescope
Figure 6 - Lord Rosse's Telescope		 Figure 20 - The Zodiacal Light in 1874
Figure 20 - The Zodiacal Light in 1874		 Plate II - A Typical Sun-Spot
Plate II - A Typical Sun-Spot
Plate III - Spots and Faculae on the Sun
Plate III - Spots and Faculae on the Sun		 Plate IV - Solar Prominences or Flames
Plate IV - Solar Prominences or Flames		 Plate V - The Solar Corona
Plate V - The Solar Corona
Plate VI - Chart of the Moon's Surface
Plate VI - Chart of the Moon's Surface		 Figure 25 & Page 60 - Key to Chart of the Moon (Plate VI)
Figure 25 & Page 60 - Key to Chart of the Moon (Plate VI)		 Plate VII - The Lunar Crater Triesnecker
Plate VII - The Lunar Crater Triesnecker
Plate VIII - A Normal Lunar Crater
Plate VIII - A Normal Lunar Crater		 Plate IX - The Lunar Crater Plato
Plate IX - The Lunar Crater Plato		 Plate X - The Lunar Crater Tycho
Plate X - The Lunar Crater Tycho
Plate XI - The Planet Jupiter
Plate XI - The Planet Jupiter		 Plate XII - Coggia's Comet
Plate XII - Coggia's Comet		 Plate XIII - Spectra of the Sun and of three Stars
Plate XIII - Spectra of the Sun and of three Stars
Plate XIV - The Great Nebula in Orion
Plate XIV - The Great Nebula in Orion		 Plate XV - The Great Nebula in Andromeda
Plate XV - The Great Nebula in Andromeda		 Plate XVI - Nebulae observed with Lord Rosse's Telescope
Plate XVI - Nebulae observed with Lord Rosse's Telescope
Plate XVII - The Comet of 1882
Plate XVII - The Comet of 1882		 Plate XVIII - Schiaparelli's Map of Mars
Plate XVIII - Schiaparelli's Map of Mars

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