The Geography of the Heavens and Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... turned into a stone , by the petrifying influence of the Gorgen's head . The morals , maxims , and historical events of the ancients , were usually communicated in fable or allegory . The fable of Andromeda and the sea monster might ...
... turned into a stone , by the petrifying influence of the Gorgen's head . The morals , maxims , and historical events of the ancients , were usually communicated in fable or allegory . The fable of Andromeda and the sea monster might ...
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... turned alternately in certain directions either toward , or from us , will account for all the phenomena of ... turning into stones all those on whom they fixed their eyes . To equip Perseus for this perilous enterprise , Pluto , the god ...
... turned alternately in certain directions either toward , or from us , will account for all the phenomena of ... turning into stones all those on whom they fixed their eyes . To equip Perseus for this perilous enterprise , Pluto , the god ...
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... turned into stars , with their sisters the Hyades , on account of their amiable virtues and mutual affection . Thus we everywhere find that the ancients , with all their barbarism and idolatry , entertained the belief that unblemished ...
... turned into stars , with their sisters the Hyades , on account of their amiable virtues and mutual affection . Thus we everywhere find that the ancients , with all their barbarism and idolatry , entertained the belief that unblemished ...
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... turned his face toward the luminary , and , as it is reported , immediately recovered his sight , and hastened to punish the perfidious cruelty of Enopion . As the constellation Orion , which rises at noon about the 9th day of March ...
... turned his face toward the luminary , and , as it is reported , immediately recovered his sight , and hastened to punish the perfidious cruelty of Enopion . As the constellation Orion , which rises at noon about the 9th day of March ...
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... turned to amber , with which the Phoenicians and Carthaginians carried on in secrecy a most lucrative trade . The great heat pro- duced on the occasion of the sun's departing out of his usual course , is said to have dried up the blood ...
... turned to amber , with which the Phoenicians and Carthaginians carried on in secrecy a most lucrative trade . The great heat pro- duced on the occasion of the sun's departing out of his usual course , is said to have dried up the blood ...
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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