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... Mercury , Venus , & c . , 177 66 IV . The Moon - Her Distance , Motions , Phases , & c . , 203 " V. Solar and Lunar Eclipses , 214 " VI . Primary Planets continued - Mars and the Asteroids , 224 66 VII . Primary Planets - Jupiter and ...
... Mercury , Venus , & c . , 177 66 IV . The Moon - Her Distance , Motions , Phases , & c . , 203 " V. Solar and Lunar Eclipses , 214 " VI . Primary Planets continued - Mars and the Asteroids , 224 66 VII . Primary Planets - Jupiter and ...
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... Mercury , an Ibis ; Apollo , a crow ; Juno , a cow ; Bacchus , a goat ; Diana , a cat ; Venus , a fish , & c . The father of the gods , at last , put Typhon to flight , and crushed him under Mount Etna . The sentiment implied in the ...
... Mercury , an Ibis ; Apollo , a crow ; Juno , a cow ; Bacchus , a goat ; Diana , a cat ; Venus , a fish , & c . The father of the gods , at last , put Typhon to flight , and crushed him under Mount Etna . The sentiment implied in the ...
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... Mercury wings for his feet , and a dagger made 60. Algenib ? How known ? When on the meridian ? Where , then , are the Pleiades ? What the general aspect of the heavens ? 61. Milky Way around Perseus ? Observa . tion of Kohler ? HISTORY ...
... Mercury wings for his feet , and a dagger made 60. Algenib ? How known ? When on the meridian ? Where , then , are the Pleiades ? What the general aspect of the heavens ? 61. Milky Way around Perseus ? Observa . tion of Kohler ? HISTORY ...
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... Mercury , to a peasant of Bœotia , as a reward of piety , and that he was invested with the power of walking over the sea without wetting his feet . In strength and stature he surpassed all other mortals . He was skilled in the working ...
... Mercury , to a peasant of Bœotia , as a reward of piety , and that he was invested with the power of walking over the sea without wetting his feet . In strength and stature he surpassed all other mortals . He was skilled in the working ...
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... Mercury , and charioteer to Enomaus , king of Pisa , and so experienced , that he rendered his horses the swiftest in all Greece . But as neither of these fables seems to account for the goat and her kids , it has been supposed that ...
... Mercury , and charioteer to Enomaus , king of Pisa , and so experienced , that he rendered his horses the swiftest in all Greece . But as neither of these fables seems to account for the goat and her kids , it has been supposed that ...
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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