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Title: The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

Author: Thomas Orchard

Release Date: March 29, 2009 [EBook #28434]

Language: English

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Greek letters used to identify stars (Bayer designation), are replaced
with the full name of the Greek letter, e.g. Alpha Centauri.

The single Greek word in the text is transliterated within braces, {kome}.

Minor punctuation and hyphenation inconsistencies have been corrected.

The spelling "Bernices" for "Berenices" has been retained throughout.

The following minor typographical errors have been corrected:
p75: "establish" changed to "established"
p99: "Firmanent" changed to "Firmament"
p111: "they thoughts" changed to "thy thoughts"
p120: "suen" changed to "seuen"
p134: "consequenc" changed to "consequence"
p146: "geographieal" changed to "geographical"
p167: "Lyrae" changed to "Lyrae" for consistency
p286: Removed redundant word "degrees" following the degree symbol

THE ASTRONOMY
OF
MILTON'S 'PARADISE LOST'

[Illustration: A TYPICAL SUN-SPOT]

THE ASTRONOMY
OF
MILTON'S 'PARADISE LOST'

BY

THOMAS N. ORCHARD, M.D.

MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION

_These are thy glorious works, Parent of good,
Almighty! thine this universal frame,
Thus wondrous fair: Thyself how wondrous then!
Unspeakable._

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY
1896

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Short Historical Sketch of Astronomy 1
II. Astro