The Evolution of Worlds

The Evolution of Worlds

Percival Lowell, Millionaire businessman, travel writer and amateur astronomer (1855-1916)


This ebook presents «The Evolution of Worlds», from Percival Lowell. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Birth Of A Solar System

- Evidence Of The Initial Catastrophe In Our Own Case

- The Inner Planets

- The Outer Planets

- Formation Of Planets

- A Planets's History-self-sustained Stage

- A Planets's History-sun-sustained Stage

- Death Of A World

- Notes

- Meteor Orbits

- Densities Of The Planets

- Variation In Spectroscopic Shift

- On The Planets' Orbital Tilts

- Planets And Their Satellite Systems

- On The Induced Circularity Of Orbits Through Collision

- Capture Of Satellites

- Index