excerpt from Star-land
by Sir Robert Stawell Ball
But you may say, "What have tea and muffins, lamps and fireplaces to do with the sun? Are they not all mere artificial devices, as far removed as
possible from the sunbeams or the natural beauties which sunbeams create?" Well, not so far, perhaps, as you may think. Let us see.
Poke up the fire, and while it is throwing forth that delicious warmth, and charming but flickering light, we will try to discover where that light and
heat have come from. No doubt they have come from the coal, but then, whence came the coal? It came from the mine, where brave colliers hew
out deep under the ground, and then it was hoisted to the surface by steam engines. Our inquiry must not stop here, for another question
immediately arises, as to how this wonderful fuel came into the earth? When we examine coal carefully, by using the microscope to see its structu
we find that it is not like a stone; it is composed of trees and other plants, the leaves and stems of which can be sometimes recognized.
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