The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Earth , have been made . Thus , a Celestial Atlas , composed of several maps , accompanies this work . Before ... Earth is an imaginary line , passing through its centre , north and south , about which its diurnal revolution is ...
... Earth , have been made . Thus , a Celestial Atlas , composed of several maps , accompanies this work . Before ... Earth is an imaginary line , passing through its centre , north and south , about which its diurnal revolution is ...
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... Earth , and every corresponding point in the heavens , is considered as having a meridian passing through it ; although astronomers apply but 24 to the heavens , thus dividing the whole concave surface into 24 sections , each 15 ° in ...
... Earth , and every corresponding point in the heavens , is considered as having a meridian passing through it ; although astronomers apply but 24 to the heavens , thus dividing the whole concave surface into 24 sections , each 15 ° in ...
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... earth , though computed at 20 millions of millions of miles , is supposed to be less than that of any other star : a distance , however , so great that a cannon ball , which flies at the rate of 19 miles a minute , would be two millions ...
... earth , though computed at 20 millions of millions of miles , is supposed to be less than that of any other star : a distance , however , so great that a cannon ball , which flies at the rate of 19 miles a minute , would be two millions ...
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... earth's orbit . Its right ascension being 199 ° , it will come to our meridian at 9 o'clock about the 28th of May , in that point of the heavens where the sun is at noon about the 20th of October . 163. Beta , called also Zavijava , is ...
... earth's orbit . Its right ascension being 199 ° , it will come to our meridian at 9 o'clock about the 28th of May , in that point of the heavens where the sun is at noon about the 20th of October . 163. Beta , called also Zavijava , is ...
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... earth during the golden age ; but being offended at the wickedness and impiety of mankind during the brazen and iron ages of the world , she returned to heaven , and was placed among the constellations of the zodiac , with a pair of ...
... earth during the golden age ; but being offended at the wickedness and impiety of mankind during the brazen and iron ages of the world , she returned to heaven , and was placed among the constellations of the zodiac , with a pair of ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion diurnal motion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude Libra light longitude luminous Map VIII mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly NEBULA node north pole northern Number of stars o'clock observed Orion pale yellow parallax pass perihelion period planet Pleiades polar position principal star Refracting telescopes refraction remarkable represented revolution revolve right ascension rising satellites Saturn seen shadow sidereal Sirius situated small stars solstice southern Sun's supposed surface Taurus TELESCOPIC OBJECTS tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac