The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page ix
... course through pathless oceans to remote regions- the globe would never have been circumnavigated , nor an inter- course opened between the inhabitants of distant lands . It is of essential importance to the navigator , not only to know ...
... course through pathless oceans to remote regions- the globe would never have been circumnavigated , nor an inter- course opened between the inhabitants of distant lands . It is of essential importance to the navigator , not only to know ...
Page x
... course of the sun , the exact length of the seasons , and the periods of the year most proper for the opera- tions of tillage and sowing . The ancients were directed in these operations , in the first instance , by observing the courses ...
... course of the sun , the exact length of the seasons , and the periods of the year most proper for the opera- tions of tillage and sowing . The ancients were directed in these operations , in the first instance , by observing the courses ...
Page xiv
... course pre- scribed in the exactness with which they run their destined rounds , finishing their circuits with so much accuracy as not to de- viate from their periods of revolution , the hundredth part of a mi- nute in a thousand years ...
... course pre- scribed in the exactness with which they run their destined rounds , finishing their circuits with so much accuracy as not to de- viate from their periods of revolution , the hundredth part of a mi- nute in a thousand years ...
Page xxiii
... courses , and the moon walking in her brightness among the host of stars- they should be indulged with views of the rings of Saturn , the belts and satellites of Jupiter , the phases of Mercury and Venus , the numerous groups of stars ...
... courses , and the moon walking in her brightness among the host of stars- they should be indulged with views of the rings of Saturn , the belts and satellites of Jupiter , the phases of Mercury and Venus , the numerous groups of stars ...
Page xxiv
... course of a year , render his pupils familiar with most of the visible stars in the heavens ; and they will make a deeper impres sion on their minds when taught in this way , than by the use of a globe . This work , on the whole ...
... course of a year , render his pupils familiar with most of the visible stars in the heavens ; and they will make a deeper impres sion on their minds when taught in this way , than by the use of a globe . This work , on the whole ...
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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