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The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

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Transcriber’s Note

Minor punctuation and hyphenation inconsistencies have been corrected.

The following minor typographical errors have been corrected:
p75: “establish” changed to “established”
p99: “Firmanent” changed to “Firmament”
p111: “they thoughts” changed to “thy thoughts”
p120: “suen” changed to “seuen”
p134: “consequenc” changed to “consequence”
p146: “geographieal” changed to “geographical”
p167: “Lyrae” changed to “Lyræ” for consistency
p286: Removed redundant word “degrees” following the degree symbol

The spelling “Bernices” for “Berenices” has been retained throughout.

Ditto marks in the table on page 66 have been replaced with words.

THE ASTRONOMY
OF
MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’


A TYPICAL SUN-SPOT A TYPICAL SUN-SPOT

THE ASTRONOMY
OF
MILTON’S ‘PARADISE LOST’

BY

THOMAS N. ORCHARD, M.D.
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good,
Almighty! thine this universal frame,
Thus wondrous fair: Thyself how wondrous then!
Unspeakable.

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY

1896


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CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
I. A Short Historical Sketch of Astronomy 1
II. Astronomy in the Seventeenth Century 45
III. Milton’s Astronomical Knowledge 81
IV. Milton and Galileo 113
V. The Seasons 140
VI. The Starry Heavens 152
VII. The Starry Heavens 200
VIII. Description of Celestial Objects Mentioned in ‘Paradise Lost’ 244
IX. Milton’s Imaginative and Descriptive Astronomy 306


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