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... greatest perfection in knowledge - are distinguished by a pro- portional share of humility ; for , in proportion as they advance in their surveys of the universal kingdom of Jehovah , the more wil . they feel their comparative ignorance ...
... greatest perfection in knowledge - are distinguished by a pro- portional share of humility ; for , in proportion as they advance in their surveys of the universal kingdom of Jehovah , the more wil . they feel their comparative ignorance ...
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... greatest declination north and south , and is thence called the Solstitial Colure . The Sun is in the equinoctial points the 21st of March and the 23d of Septem ber . He is in the solstitial points the 22d of June and the 22d of ...
... greatest declination north and south , and is thence called the Solstitial Colure . The Sun is in the equinoctial points the 21st of March and the 23d of Septem ber . He is in the solstitial points the 22d of June and the 22d of ...
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... greatest elongation E. and W. [ See North Polar Star . ] The Polar Star not being exactly in the N. pole of the heavens , but one degree and 35 minutes on that side of it which is towards Caph , the position of the latter becomes ...
... greatest elongation E. and W. [ See North Polar Star . ] The Polar Star not being exactly in the N. pole of the heavens , but one degree and 35 minutes on that side of it which is towards Caph , the position of the latter becomes ...
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... which is visible in this cluster . What other discoveries has the telescope made in this constellation ? What stars about 90 W. of Bellatrix ? 4 his mother , he became the greatest hunter in 58 JAN . PICTURE OF THE HEAVENS .
... which is visible in this cluster . What other discoveries has the telescope made in this constellation ? What stars about 90 W. of Bellatrix ? 4 his mother , he became the greatest hunter in 58 JAN . PICTURE OF THE HEAVENS .
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... greatest hunter in the world , and even boasted that there was not an animal on earth which he could not conquer . To punish this vanity , it is said that a scorpion sprung up out of the earth and bit his foot , that he died ; and that ...
... greatest hunter in the world , and even boasted that there was not an animal on earth which he could not conquer . To punish this vanity , it is said that a scorpion sprung up out of the earth and bit his foot , that he died ; and that ...
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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