CONTENTS OF VOL. 1. Conversation MECHANICS. I. Introduction 11. Of Matter. Of the Divisibility of Matter ASTRONOMY. XXII. Of the Fixed Stars XXIII. Of the Fixed Stars XXIV. Of the Fixed Stars and Ecliptic XXVI. Of the Solar System Conversation XXVII. Of the Figure of the Earth XXVIII. Of the Diurnal Motion of the Earth XXX. Of the Annual Motion of the Earth XXXI. Of the Seasons XXXII. Of the Seasons XXXIII. Of the Equation of Time XXXIX. Of Mercury XL. Of Venus XLI. Of Mars XLII. Of Jupiter XLIV. Of the Herschel Planet XLVI. Of the Sun XLVII. Of the Fixed Stars |