The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page v
... moved by the merest accident or breath of wind . There is another consideration which renders an artificial globe of very little avail as an auxiliary for acquiring a knowledge of the stars while at school . It is this : the pupil ...
... moved by the merest accident or breath of wind . There is another consideration which renders an artificial globe of very little avail as an auxiliary for acquiring a knowledge of the stars while at school . It is this : the pupil ...
Page viii
... 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 who , for the first time , has lifted his ...
... 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 who , for the first time , has lifted his ...
Page x
... move , first into quadrants , and afterwards into 12 equal parts , now called the signs of the Zodiac , which they distinguished by names correspond- ing to certain objects and operations connected with the different seasons of the year ...
... move , first into quadrants , and afterwards into 12 equal parts , now called the signs of the Zodiac , which they distinguished by names correspond- ing to certain objects and operations connected with the different seasons of the year ...
Page xi
... move with an order and regularity which is not found in any physical agents connected with our globe ; and when from this quarter we have derived any one invariable mea- sure of time , we can subdivide it into the minutest portions , to ...
... move with an order and regularity which is not found in any physical agents connected with our globe ; and when from this quarter we have derived any one invariable mea- sure of time , we can subdivide it into the minutest portions , to ...
Page xiii
... move in regular , but long elliptical orbits - which appear and disappear in stated periods of time , and are destined to subserve some grand and beneficent designs in the sys- tem to which they belong . So that we may now contemplate ...
... move in regular , but long elliptical orbits - which appear and disappear in stated periods of time , and are destined to subserve some grand and beneficent designs in the sys- tem to which they belong . So that we may now contemplate ...
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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