The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... CELESTIAL ATLAS . BY ELIJAH H. BURRITT . A.M. GREATLY ENLARGED , REVISED AND ILLUSTRATED , BY H. MATTISON , A. M. ༣.A NEW YORK : MASON BROTHERS , 108 & 110 DUANE STREET . ENTERED according to Act of Congress , in the year 1859 .
... CELESTIAL ATLAS . BY ELIJAH H. BURRITT . A.M. GREATLY ENLARGED , REVISED AND ILLUSTRATED , BY H. MATTISON , A. M. ༣.A NEW YORK : MASON BROTHERS , 108 & 110 DUANE STREET . ENTERED according to Act of Congress , in the year 1859 .
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Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. ENTERED according to Act of Congress , in the year 1856 , by P. J. HUNTINGTON , fu the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States fo the Southern District of New ...
Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. ENTERED according to Act of Congress , in the year 1856 , by P. J. HUNTINGTON , fu the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States fo the Southern District of New ...
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... according to their magnitudes , ( as already stated art . 4 ) , and designated on the maps accord- ingly . Thirdly , the stars of each constellation are classified according to their magnitudes in relation to each other , and with- out ...
... according to their magnitudes , ( as already stated art . 4 ) , and designated on the maps accord- ingly . Thirdly , the stars of each constellation are classified according to their magnitudes in relation to each other , and with- out ...
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... according to the order in which they are always arranged in catalogues , and also to mark the constellations of the Zodiac passing overhead as they rise one after another in their order , and to trace among them the orbits of the Earth ...
... according to the order in which they are always arranged in catalogues , and also to mark the constellations of the Zodiac passing overhead as they rise one after another in their order , and to trace among them the orbits of the Earth ...
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... according to their order in the respective constellations ; i.e. , a first , ẞ next , & c . Thus , as the largest objects are first named , the student can begin with those easiest found , and requiring the least telescopic power ; and ...
... according to their order in the respective constellations ; i.e. , a first , ẞ next , & c . Thus , as the largest objects are first named , the student can begin with those easiest found , and requiring the least telescopic power ; and ...
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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