The Kingdom of the Heavens


Read by J. M. Smallheer

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Thought is the most swift and subtle of vehicles. Let us therefore use that craft to reach a trysting-place in the skies. The light which reaches us from them and which we analyze nightly at the focus of our telescope brings us pieces of wonderful news. The things it tells us, prodigious but true, raise us to heights never yet attained by the golden wings of fancy. In this book I wiish to relate some of the marvels which the heavens have revealed to us recently. - Summary from the introduction

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Introduction 11:01 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter I - On the Moon 25:05 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter II - Life in the Universe (part 1) 26:10 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter II - Life in the Universe (part 2) 22:24 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter III - The Sun and Its Wonderful Influences (part 1) 20:15 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter III - The Sun and Its Wonderful Influences (part 2) 23:50 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter III - The Sun and Its Wonderful Influences (part 3) 27:19 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter III - The Sun and Its Wonderful Influences (part 4) 11:42 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter IV - The Gigantic Structure of the Sidereal Universe (part 1) 17:44 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter IV - The Gigantic Structure of the Sidereal Universe (part 2) 23:32 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter IV - The Gigantic Structure of the Sidereal Universe (part 3) 15:20 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter V - The Life and Death of Stars (part 1) 20:57 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter V - The Life and Death of Stars (part 2) 22:22 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter V - The Life and Death of Stars (part 3) 25:02 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter VI - Does the Earth Turn? (part 1) 21:23 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter VI - Does the Earth Turn? (part 2) 20:17 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter VI - Does the Earth Turn? (part 3) 15:45 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Chapter VII - Conclusion 13:00 Read by J. M. Smallheer