LOOK UP!

Tired of looking down and around at the white stuff that seems to have covering almost everything in our environment?

Then look up, at the sky!

But you say it's mostly cloudy these days?

Then we have a suggestion for you. Yep, it's another Bullis book:

The Orbs Around Us:

A Series of Familiar Essays on the Moons and Planets,

Meteors and Comets, the Sun and Coloured Pairs of Suns

by Richard A. Proctor

Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1872

This almost-a-century-and-a-half old book covers a myriad of topics, all from prior-to 1872 scientific knowledge and research. Some of the chapter titles are:

"Other Habitable Worlds"

Other Inhabited Worlds"

The Rosse Telescope Set to New Work

Shooting Stars, Meteors, and Aeorlites

Professor Tyndall's Theory of Comets

The Sun's Corona

The Corona as a Phenomenon of Eruption

We hope we've given you enough "teasers" so you'll stop by the Bullis Room on one of the cloudy days we're sure to continue getting - and spend some time thinking and learning about our world beyond this planet. Then when the warm, sunny days and clear nights are upon us, and you can actually see what's up there, you'll have a better appreciation of the universe that surrounds us.