The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page xii
... millions of bibles , may now be transported to the most distant continents and islands of the ocean , to establish among them the " Law and Testimony " of the Most High - to illume the darkness and counteract the moral abomina- tions ...
... millions of bibles , may now be transported to the most distant continents and islands of the ocean , to establish among them the " Law and Testimony " of the Most High - to illume the darkness and counteract the moral abomina- tions ...
Page xv
... millions of miles in circumference , and carrying along with them a retinue of revolving worlds in their swift career ; nay , motions , at the rate of 880,000 miles an hour , have been per- ceived among the celestial orbs , which as far ...
... millions of miles in circumference , and carrying along with them a retinue of revolving worlds in their swift career ; nay , motions , at the rate of 880,000 miles an hour , have been per- ceived among the celestial orbs , which as far ...
Page xix
... millions of suns and worlds which the telescope has descried throughout the starry regions , or of that infinity of worlds which doubtless lie beyond the range of human vision in the unexplored regions of immensity ? What , then , is a ...
... millions of suns and worlds which the telescope has descried throughout the starry regions , or of that infinity of worlds which doubtless lie beyond the range of human vision in the unexplored regions of immensity ? What , then , is a ...
Page xxi
... millions ; and those which are nearest to us , and subject to our particular examination , present varieties of different kinds , both as to magnitude , motion , splendour , colour and diversity of surface - evidently indicating , that ...
... millions ; and those which are nearest to us , and subject to our particular examination , present varieties of different kinds , both as to magnitude , motion , splendour , colour and diversity of surface - evidently indicating , that ...
Page 71
... millions of millions of miles , is supposed to be less than that of any other star : a distance , however , so great that a cannon ball , which flies at the rate of 19 miles a minute , would be two millions of years in passing over the ...
... millions of millions of miles , is supposed to be less than that of any other star : a distance , however , so great that a cannon ball , which flies at the rate of 19 miles a minute , would be two millions of years in passing over the ...
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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