The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page iii
... Motion , The Phe- nomena of Day and Night , The Seasons , The Tides , The Obliquity of the Ecliptic , The Precession of the Equinoxes , & c . , have been added . It is only necessary to observe the Atlas , to discover that the Plates ...
... Motion , The Phe- nomena of Day and Night , The Seasons , The Tides , The Obliquity of the Ecliptic , The Precession of the Equinoxes , & c . , have been added . It is only necessary to observe the Atlas , to discover that the Plates ...
Page viii
... motions , and the destinations of those far - distant orbs . Com- pared with the splendour , the amplitude , the august motions , and the ideas of infinity which the celestial vault presents , the most re- splendent terrestrial scenes ...
... motions , and the destinations of those far - distant orbs . Com- pared with the splendour , the amplitude , the august motions , and the ideas of infinity which the celestial vault presents , the most re- splendent terrestrial scenes ...
Page xi
... motion ; and in order to its being divi- ded into equal parts , the motions on which we fix as standards of time must be constant and uniform , or at least , that any slight de- viation from uniformity shall be capable of being ...
... motion ; and in order to its being divi- ded into equal parts , the motions on which we fix as standards of time must be constant and uniform , or at least , that any slight de- viation from uniformity shall be capable of being ...
Page xiv
... motions and distances of all the planets primary and secondary - in uniting them in one harmonious system , by one grand universal law which prevents them from flying off in wild confusion through the infini- ty of space - in the ...
... motions and distances of all the planets primary and secondary - in uniting them in one harmonious system , by one grand universal law which prevents them from flying off in wild confusion through the infini- ty of space - in the ...
Page xv
... motions so astonishing as to overpower and almost terrify the ima gination - bodies a thousand times larger than the earth ... motion amidst the spaces of immen- suy , and will continue thus to move throughout all the periods of endless ...
... motions so astonishing as to overpower and almost terrify the ima gination - bodies a thousand times larger than the earth ... motion amidst the spaces of immen- suy , and will continue thus to move throughout all the periods of endless ...
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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