Excerpt from The Story of the Sun By Professor Piazzi Smyth, in permitting me to have a plate copied from his original drawings of the Total Eclipse at Bue Island. By Mr. Higgs, who has given facilities for the reproduction of his beautiful photographs of the Solar Spectrum. By Professor Pickering, in enabling me to avail myself of the publications of the Harvard College Observatory. By Professor Holden, in according a like permission with respect to the Lick Observatory. By Professor J aussen, in lending me beautiful photographs of Sun-spots. By Rev. F. Howlett, in supplying original drawings of solar phenomena. By Mr. Mollison, in giving me a copy of Galileo's drawings. By M. F lammarion, in allowing me to use illustrations in l'astronomie. By Professor Hale, in facilitating my account of his remarkable work. By Mr. Banyard, in placing at my disposal various illustrations from Knowledge and by Miss A. M. Clerke, Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney, Rev. M. H. Close, and Dr. Rambant, in reading the proofs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.