The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Venus , & c . , 66 IV . The Moon - Her Distance , Motions , Phases , & c . , 46 V. Solar and Lunar Eclipses , 66 VI . Primary Planets continued - Mars and the Asteroids , 163 • 171 177 203 214 224 66 VII . Primary Planets - Jupiter and ...
... Venus , & c . , 66 IV . The Moon - Her Distance , Motions , Phases , & c . , 46 V. Solar and Lunar Eclipses , 66 VI . Primary Planets continued - Mars and the Asteroids , 163 • 171 177 203 214 224 66 VII . Primary Planets - Jupiter and ...
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... Venus and her son Cupid were one day on the banks of the Euphrates , they were greatly alarmed at the appearance of a terrible giant , named Typhon . Throwing themselves into the river , they were changed into fishes , and by this means ...
... Venus and her son Cupid were one day on the banks of the Euphrates , they were greatly alarmed at the appearance of a terrible giant , named Typhon . Throwing themselves into the river , they were changed into fishes , and by this means ...
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... Venus and Cupid , with their parent , the southern fish . These , according to Deltoton , comprise the Grecian constellations men- tioned by the poet Aratus ; and all relate , as Newton supposes , remotely or immediately to the ...
... Venus and Cupid , with their parent , the southern fish . These , according to Deltoton , comprise the Grecian constellations men- tioned by the poet Aratus ; and all relate , as Newton supposes , remotely or immediately to the ...
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... Venus , who intrusted him with the care of one of her temples . This favor of the goddess made him vain , and he sought of his father a public and incontestable sign of his tenderness , that should convince the world of his origin ...
... Venus , who intrusted him with the care of one of her temples . This favor of the goddess made him vain , and he sought of his father a public and incontestable sign of his tenderness , that should convince the world of his origin ...
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... Venus , disappeared . The king expressed great regret at the loss of what he so much prized ; whereupon Conon , his astronomer , publicly reported that Jupiter had taken away the queen's locks from the temple and placed them among the ...
... Venus , disappeared . The king expressed great regret at the loss of what he so much prized ; whereupon Conon , his astronomer , publicly reported that Jupiter had taken away the queen's locks from the temple and placed them among the ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called Cassiopeia celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude 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 TELESCOPIC OBJECTS.-Alpha tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac