The wonders of the heavens, being a popular view of astronomy, including a full illustration of the mechanism of the heavens; embracing the sun, moon, and stars, with descriptions of the planets, comets, fixed stars, double stars, the constellations, the galaxy, or milky-way, the zodiacal light, aurora borealis, or norhtern lights, meteors, clouds, falling stars, aërolites, &c
A popular astronomy handbook by Duncan Bradford, published in Boston by the American Stationers Company in 1837 for general American readers curious about the solar system, comets, and constellations. The 132 wood engravings are lettered geometric diagrams — orbits, eclipse shadows, phase crescents — combining fine line work, dense hatched skies, and stippled shading useful as schematic ornament or technical-drawing texture.
