The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page vii
... Planets , forces by which they are retained in their Orbits , .... 256 Capricornus , the Goat .. 131 Problems and Tables ,. 295 Delphinus , the Dolphin ,. Constellations - origin of , .. Comets .... Draco , the Dragon ... Dick's ...
... Planets , forces by which they are retained in their Orbits , .... 256 Capricornus , the Goat .. 131 Problems and Tables ,. 295 Delphinus , the Dolphin ,. Constellations - origin of , .. Comets .... Draco , the Dragon ... Dick's ...
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... planets Jupiter and Saturn , which occurs once in 800 years , in the same point of the zodiac , and which has happened only eight times since the Mosaic Creation , furnishes Chronology with incontestable proofs of the date of events ...
... planets Jupiter and Saturn , which occurs once in 800 years , in the same point of the zodiac , and which has happened only eight times since the Mosaic Creation , furnishes Chronology with incontestable proofs of the date of events ...
Page xiv
... 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 constancy and regularity of their ...
... 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 constancy and regularity of their ...
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... planetary globes a thousand times larger than the earth - magnificent rings which would nearly reach from the earth to the moon , and would enclose within their vast circumference 500 worlds as large as ours - suns a million times ...
... planetary globes a thousand times larger than the earth - magnificent rings which would nearly reach from the earth to the moon , and would enclose within their vast circumference 500 worlds as large as ours - suns a million times ...
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... planets in their wide career - to behold them running their ample rounds with velocities forty times swifter than a ... planet at the rate of a thousand miles in a minute , and displaying their radiance and majestic movements to an ...
... planets in their wide career - to behold them running their ample rounds with velocities forty times swifter than a ... planet at the rate of a thousand miles in a minute , and displaying their radiance and majestic movements to an ...
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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