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nebulous spots are interspersed with numerous stellar swarms* 

 The so-called black spots (Coal-sacks) of the Southern hemi- 

 sphere, pp. 291350. 



/3. SOLAR REGION, pp. 351466. 



I. The Sun considered as the central body, pp. 359401. 



II. The Planets, pp. 402466. 



A. General consideration of the planetary world, pp. 402 466. 



a. Principal Planets, pp. 403 462. 



b. Secondary Planets, pp. 462466. 



B. Special enumeration of the planets and their moons as parts 

 of the solar system, p. 467. 



Sun, pp. 467470. 

 Mercury, pp. 470473. 

 Venus, pp. 473476. 

 Earth, pp. 476, 477. 



Moon of the Earth, pp. 477502. 

 Mars, p. 502504. 

 The small planets, p. 505 ; Flora, Victoria, Vesta, Iris, 



Metis, Hebe, Parthenope, Astrsea, Egeria, Irene, Euno- 



mia, Juno, Ceres, Pallas, Hygeia; 

 Jupiter, pp. 511 515. 



Satellites of Jupiter, pp. 515517. 

 Saturn, pp. 517522. 



Satellites of Saturn, pp. 523, 524. 

 Uranus, pp. 524 52G. 



Satellites of Uranus, pp. 526, 527. 

 Neptune, pp. 527530. 



Satellites of Neptune, pp. 531, 532. 



III. The comets, pp. 553560. 



IV. Ring of the zodiacal light, pp. 561565. 



V. Shooting stars, fire-balls, meteoric stones, pp. 566 596. 

 Conclusion, pp. 597 601. 



Corrections and additions to vol. iii. p. xiii. 

 Index. 



Special analysis of the individual sections of the astronomical part 

 of the Cosmos. 



a. ASTROGNOSY. 



1. Cosmical space : Only isolated portions are measurable, p. 34. 

 Resisting medium, celestial atmosphere, cosmical ether, p. 36, notes 



