The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page iii
... Planetary Motion , The Phe- nomena of Day and Night , The Seasons , The Tides , The Obliquity of the Ecliptic , The Precession of the Equinoxes , & c . , have been added . It is only necessary to observe the Atlas , to discover that the ...
... Planetary Motion , The Phe- nomena of Day and Night , The Seasons , The Tides , The Obliquity of the Ecliptic , The Precession of the Equinoxes , & c . , have been added . It is only necessary to observe the Atlas , to discover that the ...
Page vii
... Planets , forces by which they are Cygnus , the Swan .. 128 retained in their Orbits , .. 256 Capricornus , the Goat ,. 131 Constellations - origin of . 146 Problems and Tables , .. Refraction , .. 295 287 Comets .. 82 raco , the Dragon ...
... Planets , forces by which they are Cygnus , the Swan .. 128 retained in their Orbits , .. 256 Capricornus , the Goat ,. 131 Constellations - origin of . 146 Problems and Tables , .. Refraction , .. 295 287 Comets .. 82 raco , the Dragon ...
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... planetary orbs and the host of stars , but must have been struck with awe and admiration at the splendid scene , and its sub- lime movements , and excited to anxious inquiries into the nature , the motions , and the destinations of ...
... planetary orbs and the host of stars , but must have been struck with awe and admiration at the splendid scene , and its sub- lime movements , and excited to anxious inquiries into the nature , the motions , and the destinations of ...
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... planets Jupiter and Saturn , which occurs once in 800 years , in the same point of the zodiac , and which has happened only eight times since the Mosaic Creation , furnishes Chronology with incontestable proofs of the date of events ...
... planets Jupiter and Saturn , which occurs once in 800 years , in the same point of the zodiac , and which has happened only eight times since the Mosaic Creation , furnishes Chronology with incontestable proofs of the date of events ...
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... planets primary and secondary - in uniting them in one harmonious system , by one grand universal law which prevents them from flying off in wild confusion through the infini- ty of space - in the constancy and regularity of their ...
... planets primary and secondary - in uniting them in one harmonious system , by one grand universal law which prevents them from flying off in wild confusion through the infini- ty of space - in the constancy and regularity of their ...
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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