The Planet Neptune : An Historical Survey Before Voyager Book

	List of plates	6
	Preface to first edition: Preface to second edition	7
1	Introduction: The planetary system	9
2	The discovery of Neptune	15
3	Pre-discovery observations: and the orbit of Neptune	33
4	Lassell's ring	39
5	Neptune as a planet	43
6	Structure and appearance of Neptune	51
7	The atmosphere of Neptune	57
8	Radio waves and the Neptunian magnetosphere	61
9	Rings or arcs?	63
10	Triton and Nereid	67
11	Origin of the Neptunian system	73
12	Beyond Neptune	77
13	Epilogue: Voyager to Neptune	83
	Appendix 1: Data	91
	Appendix 2: Airy's 'Account', 13 November 1846	93
	References and Bibliography	113
	Index	143