The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page iii
... 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 have been engraved entirely anew ...
... 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 have been engraved entirely anew ...
Page vii
... Nights different lengths of ...... nony of ... 152 278 Falling , or Shooting . 160 Eridanus . River Po ... 61 Solar Systein - General Phenome- Equnlus , vel Equi Sectio , the Lit- na of ... 169 ile Horse , or the Horse's Head , 1 : 4 ...
... Nights different lengths of ...... nony of ... 152 278 Falling , or Shooting . 160 Eridanus . River Po ... 61 Solar Systein - General Phenome- Equnlus , vel Equi Sectio , the Lit- na of ... 169 ile Horse , or the Horse's Head , 1 : 4 ...
Page viii
... night , have beheld with rapture the blue vault of heaven , with its thousand shining orbs moving in silent grandeur , till the morning star announced the approach of day . - The study of this science must have been co - eval with the ...
... night , have beheld with rapture the blue vault of heaven , with its thousand shining orbs moving in silent grandeur , till the morning star announced the approach of day . - The study of this science must have been co - eval with the ...
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... night throughout the year , while the other stars are continually moving . Many of the stars also in that region of the skies never set , so that when the sky is clear , they may be seen at any hour of the night . They revolve about the ...
... night throughout the year , while the other stars are continually moving . Many of the stars also in that region of the skies never set , so that when the sky is clear , they may be seen at any hour of the night . They revolve about the ...
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... night , and may be traced out at almost any season of the year . Its mean decli- nation is 60 ° N. and its right ascension 12 ° . It is on our ineridian the 22d of November , but does not sensibly change its position for several days ...
... night , and may be traced out at almost any season of the year . Its mean decli- nation is 60 ° N. and its right ascension 12 ° . It is on our ineridian the 22d of November , but does not sensibly change its position for several days ...
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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