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Page iv
... appear to the pupil - taking advantage of those Ivious and more striking features that serve to identify and to distinguish them from all others . Now if these verbal instructions be committed to wri ting and placed in the hands of any ...
... appear to the pupil - taking advantage of those Ivious and more striking features that serve to identify and to distinguish them from all others . Now if these verbal instructions be committed to wri ting and placed in the hands of any ...
Page viii
... appear unworthy of being set in competition with the glories of the sky . Independently of the sublimity of its objects , and the pleasure arising from their contemplation , Astronomy is a study of vast utility , in consequence of its ...
... appear unworthy of being set in competition with the glories of the sky . Independently of the sublimity of its objects , and the pleasure arising from their contemplation , Astronomy is a study of vast utility , in consequence of its ...
Page x
... appear before the dawn of the morning . By certain ingenious methods , and numerous and at- tentive observations ... appears to move , first into quadrants , and afterwards into 12 equal parts , now called the signs of the Zodiac , which ...
... appear before the dawn of the morning . By certain ingenious methods , and numerous and at- tentive observations ... appears to move , first into quadrants , and afterwards into 12 equal parts , now called the signs of the Zodiac , which ...
Page xiii
... appear and disappear in stated periods of time , and are destined to subserve some grand and beneficent designs in the sys- tem to which they belong . So that we may now contemplate all such celestial phenomena , not only with composure ...
... appear and disappear in stated periods of time , and are destined to subserve some grand and beneficent designs in the sys- tem to which they belong . So that we may now contemplate all such celestial phenomena , not only with composure ...
Page xvi
... appears corresponding to the perfections of Him who has existed from eternity past , whose power is irresistible , whose goodness is unbounded , and whose presence fills the rnmen- sity of space ; and it leads us to entertain the most ...
... appears corresponding to the perfections of Him who has existed from eternity past , whose power is irresistible , whose goodness is unbounded , and whose presence fills the rnmen- sity of space ; and it leads us to entertain the most ...
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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