The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... hemispheres , of which the upper one is called the 5. What helps to facilitate the study of the heavens ? Circles ? Called what ? 6. Axis of the Earth ? Poles ? Axis of ... hemisphere , and the lower one , the invisible 10 ASTRONOMY .
... hemispheres , of which the upper one is called the 5. What helps to facilitate the study of the heavens ? Circles ? Called what ? 6. Axis of the Earth ? Poles ? Axis of ... hemisphere , and the lower one , the invisible 10 ASTRONOMY .
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Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. visible hemisphere , and the lower one , the invisible hemisphere . It is the plane of this circle which determines the rising and set- ting of the heavenly bodies . The Sensible ...
Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. visible hemisphere , and the lower one , the invisible hemisphere . It is the plane of this circle which determines the rising and set- ting of the heavenly bodies . The Sensible ...
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... hemisphere , they again reappear in the east . DESCRIPTION AND USE OF THE MAPS . 20. THE first map of the atlas represents , upon a large scale , a general view of the solar system . This will be more fully described in the second part ...
... hemisphere , they again reappear in the east . DESCRIPTION AND USE OF THE MAPS . 20. THE first map of the atlas represents , upon a large scale , a general view of the solar system . This will be more fully described in the second part ...
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... hemisphere . The glories of the scene are unspeakably magnificent ; and the student who fixes his eye upon those lofty mansions of being , cannot fail to covet a knowledge of their order and relations , and to " reverence Him who made ...
... hemisphere . The glories of the scene are unspeakably magnificent ; and the student who fixes his eye upon those lofty mansions of being , cannot fail to covet a knowledge of their order and relations , and to " reverence Him who made ...
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... hemisphere with a lustre which is unequaled by any other star in the firmament . Its distance from the earth , though computed at 20 millions of millions of miles , is supposed to be less than that of any other star : a distance ...
... hemisphere with a lustre which is unequaled by any other star in the firmament . Its distance from the earth , though computed at 20 millions of millions of miles , is supposed to be less than that of any other star : a distance ...
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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