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The Earth's Beginning
Introduction
简介： Since these lectures were delivered in the Royal Institution of Great Britain there has been much advance in our knowledge of astronomy. The simultaneous advance in other sciences allied with astronomy has been, perhaps, even more remarkable. I am gl...
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FOREWORD
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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
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CHAPTER II. THE PROBLEM STATED.
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CHAPTER III. THE FIRE-MIST.
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CHAPTER IV. NEBUL?—APPARENT AND REAL.
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CHAPTER V. THE HEAT OF THE SUN.
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CHAPTER VI. HOW THE SUN’S HEAT IS MAINTAINED.
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CHAPTER VII. THE HISTORY OF THE SUN.
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CHAPTER VIII. THE EARTH’S BEGINNING.
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CHAPTER IX. EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES.
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CHAPTER X. SPIRAL AND PLANETARY NEBUL?.
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CHAPTER XI. THE UNERRING GUIDE.
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CHAPTER XII. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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CHAPTER XIII. THE UNITY OF MATERIAL IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
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CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST CONCORD.
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CHAPTER XV. THE SECOND CONCORD.
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CHAPTER XVI. THE THIRD CONCORD.
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CHAPTER XVII. OBJECTIONS TO THE NEBULAR THEORY.
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CHAPTER XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE NEBULA.
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CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUDING CHAPTER.