OUTLINES
OF
CREATION.

BY
ELISHA NOYCE.

AUTHOR OF
"THE BOY'S BOOK OF INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION."

ILLUSTRATED WITH
FOUR HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS,
BY
THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.

LONDON:
WARD & LOCK, 158, FLEET STREET.
1858.

(The right of Translation is reserved.)

Dalziel, Brothers, Camden Press, London.

CONTENTS.

THE SKY.

• Sky, definition of 1
• Stars, what they are 1
• Sun, probable planets of 2
• Nebulæ 2
• Solar system 3
• Planets, list of 3
• Sun, the source of light 3
•  "   size, diameter, &c. 3
•  "   spots on 3
•  "   compared with size of planets 4
• Orbits, elliptical 5
• Ellipse, definition of 5
• Earth's orbit, form of 6
• Mercury 6
• Venus 7
• Planets, inferior and superior 7
•    "   conjunction and opposition of 8
• The Earth 8
•      "     form of, demonstrated 9
•      "     diurnal motion of 10
•      "     rate of motion of 10
• Equinoxes and solstices 12
• The Moon 12
•      "     phases of 13
• Mars 14
• Jupiter 16
•      "     satellites of 18
• Saturn 18
•      "     rings of 19
• Uranus 21
• Neptune 22
• The planetoids 22
•      "     supposed origin of 23
• The stellar system 24
• Stars, number of 24
• The Milky Way