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Page iv
... minute description of the stars , and discourse quite familiarly of their position , magnitude and ar- rangement , and that when all this was done , I had indeed given the pupil a few additional facilities for finding those stars upon ...
... minute description of the stars , and discourse quite familiarly of their position , magnitude and ar- rangement , and that when all this was done , I had indeed given the pupil a few additional facilities for finding those stars upon ...
Page xv
... minute displays of Divine benevolence in distant worlds are not yet particularly unfolded to our view , yet this circumstance does not prove that no such displays exist ; and as we are destined to an immortal life , in another region of ...
... minute displays of Divine benevolence in distant worlds are not yet particularly unfolded to our view , yet this circumstance does not prove that no such displays exist ; and as we are destined to an immortal life , in another region of ...
Page xvi
... minute , and displaying their radiance and majestic movements to an admiring population - to add scene to scene , and magnitude to magnitude , till the mind acquire an ample conception of such august objects to dive into the depths of ...
... minute , and displaying their radiance and majestic movements to an admiring population - to add scene to scene , and magnitude to magnitude , till the mind acquire an ample conception of such august objects to dive into the depths of ...
Page 29
... minutes , than they did on the preceding . This is called their daily acceleration . It amounts to just two hours a month . EXAMPLE . Those stars and constellations which do not rise until 10 o'clock this evening , will , at the same ...
... minutes , than they did on the preceding . This is called their daily acceleration . It amounts to just two hours a month . EXAMPLE . Those stars and constellations which do not rise until 10 o'clock this evening , will , at the same ...
Page 30
... minutes , in passing over 1 ° . If the first point of Aries be on the meridian at 12 o'clock , the next hour line , which is 150 E. of it , will come to the meridian at 1 o'clock ; the second hour line at 2 o'clock ; the third at 3 ...
... minutes , in passing over 1 ° . If the first point of Aries be on the meridian at 12 o'clock , the next hour line , which is 150 E. of it , will come to the meridian at 1 o'clock ; the second hour line at 2 o'clock ; the third at 3 ...
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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