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... , Universal Law of ..... 257 Hydra , the Water Serpent and the Cup , .. 66 Ursa Major , the Great Bear , 85 Ursa Minor , the Little Bear ,. 105 Virgo , the Virgin .. 92 83 112 Via Lactea , the Milky Way , ..... Venus ...... 144 187.
... , Universal Law of ..... 257 Hydra , the Water Serpent and the Cup , .. 66 Ursa Major , the Great Bear , 85 Ursa Minor , the Little Bear ,. 105 Virgo , the Virgin .. 92 83 112 Via Lactea , the Milky Way , ..... Venus ...... 144 187.
Page xviii
... Venus , the rings of Saturn , and the mountains and vales which diversify the surface of the moon - such objects tend to awaken the a.tention , to expand the faculties , to produce a taste for rational in- vestigation , and to excite ...
... Venus , the rings of Saturn , and the mountains and vales which diversify the surface of the moon - such objects tend to awaken the a.tention , to expand the faculties , to produce a taste for rational in- vestigation , and to excite ...
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... Venus , the numerous groups of stars in the Milky Way , the double and treble stars , the most remarkable Nebula , the mountains and plains , the caverns and circular ridges of hills which diversify the surface of the moon , as they ...
... Venus , the numerous groups of stars in the Milky Way , the double and treble stars , the most remarkable Nebula , the mountains and plains , the caverns and circular ridges of hills which diversify the surface of the moon , as they ...
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... Venus and her son Cupid were on , day on the banks of the Euphrates , they were greatly alarmed at the appearance of a terrible giant , named Typhon . Throwing themselves into the river , they were changed into fishes , and by this ...
... Venus and her son Cupid were on , day on the banks of the Euphrates , they were greatly alarmed at the appearance of a terrible giant , named Typhon . Throwing themselves into the river , they were changed into fishes , and by this ...
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... Venus and Cupid , with their parent , the southern fish . These , according to Deltoton , comprise the Grecian constellations mentioned by the poet Aratus ; and all relate , as Newton supposes , remotely or immediately , to the ...
... Venus and Cupid , with their parent , the southern fish . These , according to Deltoton , comprise the Grecian constellations mentioned by the poet Aratus ; and all relate , as Newton supposes , remotely or immediately , to the ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude ancient angle appear Arcturus Argo Navis Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta brightest called Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle cluster colure comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Denebola diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude luminous Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern hemisphere o'clock observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots square Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac