Excerpt from Geography: Physical, Grade 8a Fixed Stars and Planets. We have learned that the earth is a great round ball composed of land, water, and air, and that it is traveling rapidly Onward in its never ending journey around the sun. But perhaps we have. Never thought of the earth as having any likeness to the stars which we see in the skies on a clear night. It is hard to believe that it is really one of that company of glitter ing lights that flash and twinkle in the far off depths of space. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.