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... Tides , " XIV . The Seasons - Different Lengths of the Days and Nights , 280 287 " XV . The Harvest Moon , and Horizontal Moon , 293 XVI . Refraction and Twilight , " XVII . Aurora Borealis and Parallax , " XVIII . Practical Astronomy ...
... Tides , " XIV . The Seasons - Different Lengths of the Days and Nights , 280 287 " XV . The Harvest Moon , and Horizontal Moon , 293 XVI . Refraction and Twilight , " XVII . Aurora Borealis and Parallax , " XVIII . Practical Astronomy ...
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... tide . " In the Egyptian planispheres of remote antiquity , these two constellations are repre- sented by the figures of bears , instead of wagons ; and the Greeks , who derived most of their astronomical symbols from the Egyptians ...
... tide . " In the Egyptian planispheres of remote antiquity , these two constellations are repre- sented by the figures of bears , instead of wagons ; and the Greeks , who derived most of their astronomical symbols from the Egyptians ...
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... tide . " ROWE'S Translation , B. iii . The following extracts from other poets contain allusions to the same fact : " Phenicia , spurning Asia's bounding strand , By the bright Pole star's steady radiance led , Bade to the winds her ...
... tide . " ROWE'S Translation , B. iii . The following extracts from other poets contain allusions to the same fact : " Phenicia , spurning Asia's bounding strand , By the bright Pole star's steady radiance led , Bade to the winds her ...
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... tides , the causes of eclipses and occultations , the distance of the Sun , and , consequently , the magnitude of the solar system . These phenomena , which are perfectly obvious to the unassisted eye , served as a standard of ...
... tides , the causes of eclipses and occultations , the distance of the Sun , and , consequently , the magnitude of the solar system . These phenomena , which are perfectly obvious to the unassisted eye , served as a standard of ...
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... TIDES . 596. TIDES are the alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean , at regular intervals . , Flood tide is when the waters are rising ; and ebb tide , when they are falling . The highest and lowest points to which they ...
... TIDES . 596. TIDES are the alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean , at regular intervals . , Flood tide is when the waters are rising ; and ebb tide , when they are falling . The highest and lowest points to which they ...
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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