- 1Preface
- 2Chapter I — Different Kinds of Measurement
- 3Chapter II — The Stars and Their Diurnal Motion
- 4Chapter III — Fixed and Wandering Stars
- 5Chapter IV — Celestial Mechanics
- 6Chapter V — The Earth as a Planet
- 7Chapter VI — The Measurement of Time
- 8Chapter VII — Eclipses
- 9Chapter VIII — Instruments and the Principles Involved in Their Use
- 10Chapter IX — The Moon
- 11Chapter X — The Sun
- 12Chapter XI — The Planets
- 13Chapter XII — Comets and Meteors
- 14Chapter XIII — The Fixed Stars
- 15Chapter XIV — Stars and Nebulæ
- 16Chapter XV — Growth and Decay
- 17Appendix
A Text-Book of Astronomy
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