Our Place Among Infinities

A GENUINE DATE-STAMPED 1876 EDITION THAT IS NOW 148 YEARS OLD AND IN PHENOMENAL CONDITION
SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: ASTROLOGY, MYTHOLOGY, ANCIENT GODS, THE EGYPTIAN ZODIAC, ASTRONOMY, LIFE IN OTHER WORLDS, ANCIENT EGYPT, SPIRITUAL SCIENCE, THE CREATOR, GEOLOGY, THE GREAT PYRAMIDS, DIVINATION, & MORE

This is a beautiful, fascinating, and very well-written book on Astrology, The Heavens, Spirituality, and even the astrological uses of the ancient Egyptians. It discusses astronomy, the first forms of life on earth, and the creator. It even delves into spiritual science and mysticism, with passages on the Egyptian zodiac and how the great pyramids were built using astrology. In the finest condition, I have ever seen. Just for an age reference, this book was printed 38 years before the first world war of 1914—a rare and beautiful book. I would snag this on before it's gone.

Past and future of the earth.--Seeming wastes in nature.--New theory of life in other worlds.--A missing comet.--The lost comet and its meteor train.--Jupiter.--Saturn and its system.--A giant sun.--The star depths.--Star gauging.--Saturn and the Sabbath of the Jews.--Thoughts on astrology

Richard Anthony Proctor (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes. His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and Eugène Antoniadi, and his nomenclature was dropped (for instance, his "Kaiser Sea" became Syrtis Major Planum).

He used old drawings of Mars dating back to 1666 to try to determine the sidereal day of Mars. His final estimate, in 1873, was 24h 37m 22.713s, very close to the modern value of 24h 37m 22.663s.

The crater Proctor on Mars is named after him.