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... Heavens , " ASTRONOMY FOR BEGINNERS , with a Map and 27 Engravings . By Francis Fellowes , A. M. " This is one of the most successful attempts to simplify sublime sci- ence to the comprehension of children . The author has employed an ...
... Heavens , " ASTRONOMY FOR BEGINNERS , with a Map and 27 Engravings . By Francis Fellowes , A. M. " This is one of the most successful attempts to simplify sublime sci- ence to the comprehension of children . The author has employed an ...
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... heavens , assumes a task , in the accomplishment of which , he may well claim some indulgence . The maps which accompany the work , in the outlines and ar- rangement of the constellations , are essentially the same with those of Dr ...
... heavens , assumes a task , in the accomplishment of which , he may well claim some indulgence . The maps which accompany the work , in the outlines and ar- rangement of the constellations , are essentially the same with those of Dr ...
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... heavens quite another ; and he arrives at the con clusion , that if he would be profited , both must be studied and com pared together . This , since a class is usually furnished with but one globe , is impracticable . In this point of ...
... heavens quite another ; and he arrives at the con clusion , that if he would be profited , both must be studied and com pared together . This , since a class is usually furnished with but one globe , is impracticable . In this point of ...
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Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. INDEX . 35 Herschel , 43 Heavenly Bodies , Parallax of , .... 293 63 Jupiter , 95 Mercury , 33 Moon ... 243 Sextans , the Sextant , .. 117 Serpens , the Serpent ,. 127 Scorpio ...
Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. INDEX . 35 Herschel , 43 Heavenly Bodies , Parallax of , .... 293 63 Jupiter , 95 Mercury , 33 Moon ... 243 Sextans , the Sextant , .. 117 Serpens , the Serpent ,. 127 Scorpio ...
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... heaven , with its thousand shining orbs moving in silent grandeur , till the morning star announced the approach of day . - The study of this science must have been co - eval with the existence of man . For there is no rational being ...
... heaven , with its thousand shining orbs moving in silent grandeur , till the morning star announced the approach of day . - The study of this science must have been co - eval with the existence of man . For there is no rational being ...
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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