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Page xvii
... representing scenes and objects in endless va riety and extent ; and , after its boldest excursions , it can scarcel go beyond the reality of the magnificent objects which exist withir the range of creating power and intelligence . The ...
... representing scenes and objects in endless va riety and extent ; and , after its boldest excursions , it can scarcel go beyond the reality of the magnificent objects which exist withir the range of creating power and intelligence . The ...
Page xx
... represented in their ado- rations as celebrating the attributes of the Deity displayed in his operations : " Great and marvellous are thy works , Lord God Al- mighty ! thou art worthy to receive glory and honour and power , for thou ...
... represented in their ado- rations as celebrating the attributes of the Deity displayed in his operations : " Great and marvellous are thy works , Lord God Al- mighty ! thou art worthy to receive glory and honour and power , for thou ...
Page 30
... represents , upon a large scale general view of the solar system . This will be more fully described in the Second Part of the work . Do we always see the same constellations ? Explain the manner of converting righ scension into time ...
... represents , upon a large scale general view of the solar system . This will be more fully described in the Second Part of the work . Do we always see the same constellations ? Explain the manner of converting righ scension into time ...
Page 31
... represented on the sixth and seventh maps , called circumpolar maps , which are an exact continu- ation of the others , and if joined to them at their correspond- ing degrees of right ascension and declination , they might be considered ...
... represented on the sixth and seventh maps , called circumpolar maps , which are an exact continu- ation of the others , and if joined to them at their correspond- ing degrees of right ascension and declination , they might be considered ...
Page 32
... represents the whole heavens lying between 70 degrees of north and south decli- nation , not as the surface of a concave sphere , but of a con- cave cylinder , and spread out so as to form a plain surface . A great variety of ...
... represents the whole heavens lying between 70 degrees of north and south decli- nation , not as the surface of a concave sphere , but of a con- cave cylinder , and spread out so as to form a plain surface . A great variety of ...
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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