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Creator: Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913
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PTOLEMY. PTOLEMY'S PLANETARY SCHEME. PTOLEMY'S THEORY OF THE MOVEMENT OF MARS. THORN, FROM AN OLD PRINT. COPERNICUS. FRAUENBURG, FROM AN OLD PRINT. EXPLANATION OF PLANETARY MOVEMENTS. TYCHO BRAHE. TYCHO'S CROSS STAFF. TYCHO'S "NEW STAR" SEXTANT OF 1572. TYCHO'S TRIGONIC SEXTANT. TYCHO'S ASTRONOMIC SEXTANT. TYCHO'S EQUATORIAL ARMILLARY.
Darrel of the Blessed Isles

CONTENTS PRELUDE CHAPTER I. The Story of the Little Red Sleigh II. The Crystal City and the Traveller III. The Clock Tinker IV. The Uphill Road V. At the Sign o' the Dial VI. A Certain Rich Man VII. Darrel of the Blessed Isles VIII. Dust of Diamonds in the Hour-glass IX. Drove and Drovers X. An Odd Meeting XI. The Old Rag Doll XII. The Santa Claus of Cedar Hill XIII. A Christmas Adventure XIV. A Day at the Linley Schoolhouse XV. The Tinker at Linley School XVI. A Rustic Museum
THE GREAT AUGSBURG QUADRANT. TYCHO'S "NEW SCHEME OF THE TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM," 1577. URANIBORG AND ITS GROUNDS. GROUND-PLAN OF THE OBSERVATORY. THE OBSERVATORY OF URANIBORG, ISLAND OF HVEN. EFFIGY ON TYCHO'S TOMB AT PRAGUE. By Permission of Messrs. A. & C. Black. TYCHO'S MURAL QUADRANT, URANIBORG. GALILEO'S PENDULUM. GALILEO. THE VILLA ARCETRI. FACSIMILE SKETCH OF LUNAR SURFACE BY GALILEO. CREST OF GALILEO'S FAMILY.