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Page iv
... position , magnitude and ar- rangement , and that when all this was done , I had indeed given the pupil a few ... positions , will rarely be exhibited with such accuracy that the young observer will be inspired with much confidence in ...
... position , magnitude and ar- rangement , and that when all this was done , I had indeed given the pupil a few ... positions , will rarely be exhibited with such accuracy that the young observer will be inspired with much confidence in ...
Page v
... position , bearing , brightness , number and distance their geometrical allocation , if any , and such other descriptive features as seemed most worthy of notice , I then returned to my room to tran- scribe and classify these memoranda ...
... position , bearing , brightness , number and distance their geometrical allocation , if any , and such other descriptive features as seemed most worthy of notice , I then returned to my room to tran- scribe and classify these memoranda ...
Page ix
... position of places on its surface , could never have been ascertained . Astronomy is likewise of great utility to ... positions of all the stars of the first and second magnitude , is of particular importance ; and , therefore , a ...
... position of places on its surface , could never have been ascertained . Astronomy is likewise of great utility to ... positions of all the stars of the first and second magnitude , is of particular importance ; and , therefore , a ...
Page 32
... position is ap- parently the same every hour of the night throughout the year , while the other stars are continually moving . Many of the stars also in that region of the skies never set , so that when the sky is clear , they may be ...
... position is ap- parently the same every hour of the night throughout the year , while the other stars are continually moving . Many of the stars also in that region of the skies never set , so that when the sky is clear , they may be ...
Page 36
... position of Alpheratz well fixed in the mind , because it is but one minute west of the great equinoctial colure , or first meridian of the heavens , and forms nearly a right line with Algenib in the wing of Pegasus , 140 S. of it , and ...
... position of Alpheratz well fixed in the mind , because it is but one minute west of the great equinoctial colure , or first meridian of the heavens , and forms nearly a right line with Algenib in the wing of Pegasus , 140 S. of it , and ...
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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