The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... compared with the solar sys- tem , which contains a mass of matter ten hundred thousand times greater ? What is it in comparison of the hundred millions of suns and worlds which the telescope has descried throughout the starry egions ...
... compared with the solar sys- tem , which contains a mass of matter ten hundred thousand times greater ? What is it in comparison of the hundred millions of suns and worlds which the telescope has descried throughout the starry egions ...
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... compared with the obliquity of the ecliptic ? Is this distance always the same ? What are the colures ? What is the equinoctial colure ? What is the solstitial colure ? On what days of the year is the sun in the equinoctial points ? On ...
... compared with the obliquity of the ecliptic ? Is this distance always the same ? What are the colures ? What is the equinoctial colure ? What is the solstitial colure ? On what days of the year is the sun in the equinoctial points ? On ...
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... compared with that of Sirius ? Describe the situation of Theemim . Describe the position and magnitude of Archernar ? What is the whole number of stars in this constellation ? What is the magnitude of the principal ones ? were ...
... compared with that of Sirius ? Describe the situation of Theemim . Describe the position and magnitude of Archernar ? What is the whole number of stars in this constellation ? What is the magnitude of the principal ones ? were ...
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... compared with that of the other stars ? How long would it take a cannon - ball to pass over this distance In what time would sound reach Sirius from the earth ? It may be shown in the same manner , that МАР III . ] 71 MONOCEROS - CANIS ...
... compared with that of the other stars ? How long would it take a cannon - ball to pass over this distance In what time would sound reach Sirius from the earth ? It may be shown in the same manner , that МАР III . ] 71 MONOCEROS - CANIS ...
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... Compared with our present planispheres , or with stellar phenomena , it abounds with contradictory and irrelevant matter . So far from proving what was strenu usly maintained by infidel writers , soon after its discovery , that the ...
... Compared with our present planispheres , or with stellar phenomena , it abounds with contradictory and irrelevant matter . So far from proving what was strenu usly maintained by infidel writers , soon after its discovery , that 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