The Natural History of Pliny, Vol. 1

C. Plinius Secundus to his friend Titus Vespasian ... ... ... 1

1. Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13
2. Of the form of the world ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16
3. Of its nature; whence the name is derived ... ... ... ... 16
4. Of the elements and the planets ... ... ... ... ... ... 18
5. Of God ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20
6. Of the nature of the stars; of the motion of the planets ... ... 25
7. Of the eclipses of the moon and the sun ... ... ... ... 34
8. Of the magnitude of the stars ... ... ... ... ... ... 35
9. An account of the observations that have been made on the heavens by different individuals ... ... ... ... ... ... 36
10. On the recurrence of the eclipses of the sun and the moon ... 38
11. Of the motion of the moon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40
12. Of the motions of the planets and the general laws of their aspects ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40
13. Why the same stars appear at some times more lofty and at other times more near ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 42
14. Why the same stars have different motions ... ... ... ... 47
15. General laws of the planets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 48
16. The reason why the stars are of different colours ... ... ... 49
17. Of the motion of the sun and the cause of the irregularity of the days ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 50
18. Why thunder is ascribed to Jupiter ... ... ... ... ... 51
19. Of the distances of the stars ... ... ... ... ... ... 52
20. Of the harmony of the stars ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 52
21. Of the dimensions of the world ... ... ... ... ... ... 53
22. Of the stars which appear suddenly, or of comets ... ... ... 55
23. Their nature, situation, and species ... ... ... ... ... 56