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Page xiv
... centre of this system that immense luminary the Sun , from whence light and heat might be distributed , in due proportion , to all the worlds that roll around it - in nicely proportionating the motions and distances of all the planets ...
... centre of this system that immense luminary the Sun , from whence light and heat might be distributed , in due proportion , to all the worlds that roll around it - in nicely proportionating the motions and distances of all the planets ...
Page xviii
... centre of all true enjoy . ment ; and such sentiments and affections are directly opposed to the degrading pursuits and passions which have contaminated the society of our world , and entailed misery on our species . I might have added ...
... centre of all true enjoy . ment ; and such sentiments and affections are directly opposed to the degrading pursuits and passions which have contaminated the society of our world , and entailed misery on our species . I might have added ...
Page 26
... centre , north and south , about which its diurnal revolution is performed . The Poles of the Earth are the extremities of its axis . The Axis of the Heavens is the axis of the Earth pro- duced both ways to the concave surface of the ...
... centre , north and south , about which its diurnal revolution is performed . The Poles of the Earth are the extremities of its axis . The Axis of the Heavens is the axis of the Earth pro- duced both ways to the concave surface of the ...
Page 42
... centre of this square there is a bright dot , or semi - visible star . The head of Cepheus is in the Milky - Way , and may he known by three stars of the 4th magnitude in the crown , which form a small acute triangle , about 9 ° to the ...
... centre of this square there is a bright dot , or semi - visible star . The head of Cepheus is in the Milky - Way , and may he known by three stars of the 4th magnitude in the crown , which form a small acute triangle , about 9 ° to the ...
Page 56
... centre of the constellation is midway between the poles of the heavens and directly over the equator . It is also about 80 W. of the solstitial colure , and comes to the me- ridian about the 23d of January . The whole number of visible ...
... centre of the constellation is midway between the poles of the heavens and directly over the equator . It is also about 80 W. of the solstitial colure , and comes to the me- ridian about the 23d of January . The whole number of visible ...
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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