The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page iv
... globes and maps , or books . I very early discovered that it was an easy matter to sit down by a celestial globe , and , by means of an approved catalogue , and the help of a little graduated slip of brass , make out , in detail , a ...
... globes and maps , or books . I very early discovered that it was an easy matter to sit down by a celestial globe , and , by means of an approved catalogue , and the help of a little graduated slip of brass , make out , in detail , a ...
Page v
... globe cannot be . The student may conveniently hold them before his eye to guide his survey of the heavens , but a globe he cannot . There is not a conspicuous star in the firmament which a child of ten years may not readily find by ...
... globe cannot be . The student may conveniently hold them before his eye to guide his survey of the heavens , but a globe he cannot . There is not a conspicuous star in the firmament which a child of ten years may not readily find by ...
Page vi
... globe is one thing and that of the heavens quite another ; and he arrives at the con clusion , that if he would be profited , both must be studied and com pared together . This , since a class is usually furnished with but one globe ...
... globe is one thing and that of the heavens quite another ; and he arrives at the con clusion , that if he would be profited , both must be studied and com pared together . This , since a class is usually furnished with but one globe ...
Page ix
... globe , with all its other dimensions accurately ascertained ; for , to ascertain the number of degrees between any two parallels on the Earth's surface , observations must be taken , with proper instruments , of the sun or of the stars ...
... globe , with all its other dimensions accurately ascertained ; for , to ascertain the number of degrees between any two parallels on the Earth's surface , observations must be taken , with proper instruments , of the sun or of the stars ...
Page x
... globe ; if alliances have been formed between the most distant tribes of mankind ; if Traffic has explored the multifarious productions of the earth and seas , and transported them from one country to another , and , if heathen lands ...
... globe ; if alliances have been formed between the most distant tribes of mankind ; if Traffic has explored the multifarious productions of the earth and seas , and transported them from one country to another , and , if heathen lands ...
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