The Orbs Around Us: A series of familiar essays on the moon and planets, meteors, and comets, the sun and colored pairs of suns is the full title of a book from the Bullis shelves written by Richard A. Proctor and published in London by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1872.The title gives a good description of the contents, and those of you interested in the sky will want to spend some time with this book. Besides the moon, planets, meteors, comets, and suns, the author also includes two essays titled "Other Habitable Worlds." Proctor discusses whether there are inhabitants elsewhere as well as on Earth--and remember, this is written from the perspective of 144 years ago. Interesting, to say the least!
If you enjoy star gazing, we think you'll want to look through this "old" book and get some "new" ideas about what to look for, when and where to look, and the meaning of it all.
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