The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... earth - magnificent rings which would nearly reach from the earth to the moon , and would enclose within their vast circumference 500 worlds as large as ours - suns a million times larger than this earthly ball , diffusing their light ...
... earth - magnificent rings which would nearly reach from the earth to the moon , and would enclose within their vast circumference 500 worlds as large as ours - suns a million times larger than this earthly ball , diffusing their light ...
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... Earth , have been made . ) Thus , a Celestial Atlas , composed of se- veral maps , accompanies this work . Before ... Earth is an imaginary line , passing through its centre , north and south , about which its diurnal revolution is ...
... Earth , have been made . ) Thus , a Celestial Atlas , composed of se- veral maps , accompanies this work . Before ... Earth is an imaginary line , passing through its centre , north and south , about which its diurnal revolution is ...
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... Earth , is distance north or south of the equator , and is measured on a meridian . Latitude in the Heavens , is distance north or south of the ecliptic , and at right angles with it . Longitude on the Earth , is distance either east or ...
... Earth , is distance north or south of the equator , and is measured on a meridian . Latitude in the Heavens , is distance north or south of the ecliptic , and at right angles with it . Longitude on the Earth , is distance either east or ...
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... earth which he could not conquer . To punish this vanity , it is said that a scorpion sprung up out of the earth and bit his foot , that he died ; and that at the request of Diana he was placed among the stars directly opposite to the ...
... earth which he could not conquer . To punish this vanity , it is said that a scorpion sprung up out of the earth and bit his foot , that he died ; and that at the request of Diana he was placed among the stars directly opposite to the ...
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... earth than Sirius Theemim , in the southern stream , is a star of the 3d magnitude , about 17 ° S. W. of the square ... earth Describe its first bend ? Describe the position of Gamma , and tell when it comes tc the meridian ? What stars ...
... earth than Sirius Theemim , in the southern stream , is a star of the 3d magnitude , about 17 ° S. W. of the square ... earth Describe its first bend ? Describe the position of Gamma , and tell when it comes tc the meridian ? What stars ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude ancient angle appear Arcturus Argo Navis Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta brightest called Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle cluster colure comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebula night node north pole northern hemisphere o'clock observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots square Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac