Curiosities of the Sky
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Preface
4:07 -
Windows of Absolute Night
26:33 -
Star-Clouds, Star-Clusters, and Star-Streams
30:26 -
Stellar Migrations
26:00 -
The Passing of the Constellations
19:25 -
Conflagrations in the Heavens
24:15 -
Explosive and Whirling Nebulae
25:05 -
The Banners of the Sun
22:42 -
The Zodiacal Light Mystery
22:29 -
Marvels of the Aurora
20:41 -
Strange Adventures of Comets
24:19 -
Meteors, Fire-Balls, and Meteorites
27:30 -
The Wrecking of the Moon
25:47 -
The Great Mars Problem
27:45 -
The Riddle of the Asteroids
16:00
Curiosities of the Sky (1909) is a public domain work.
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Dark patches in the Milky Way provide Garrett Putman Serviss with an opening into the puzzles of astronomy. In this 1909 popular science book, he describes star clouds and clusters, changing constellations, nebulae, comets, meteorites and the surfaces of the Moon and Mars. His aim is to make difficult subjects understandable while preserving their scale and their hold on the imagination. The opening chapter connects telescope observations with the impressions these dark regions made on sailors in southern waters.
Later discussion turns to sunspots, the solar corona and the relationship between solar activity and Earth's magnetic condition. Serviss distinguishes observations from unsettled explanations, then considers broader possibilities about the Sun's changing energy. Read today, the book offers a view of the questions and explanatory habits of early twentieth-century astronomy, alongside a vivid account of looking closely at the sky.
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- Garrett Putman Serviss
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