The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page viii
... sometimes enriched it with their labours ; and humble shepherds , while watching their flocks by night , have beheld with rapture the blue vault of heaven , with its thousand shining orbs moving in silent grandeur , till the morning ...
... sometimes enriched it with their labours ; and humble shepherds , while watching their flocks by night , have beheld with rapture the blue vault of heaven , with its thousand shining orbs moving in silent grandeur , till the morning ...
Page 29
... sometimes called hour cir- cles ? In measuring distances on the Earth , what circles contain the primary starting points ? Where are these points in measuring distances in the heavens ? What is la- titude on the Earth ? What is latitude ...
... sometimes called hour cir- cles ? In measuring distances on the Earth , what circles contain the primary starting points ? Where are these points in measuring distances in the heavens ? What is la- titude on the Earth ? What is latitude ...
Page 38
... sometimes forced to disguise itself , or flee from their presence . In the Hebrew Zodiac , Pisces is allotted to the escutcheon of Simeon . No sign appears to have been considered of more malignant influence than Pisces . The ...
... sometimes forced to disguise itself , or flee from their presence . In the Hebrew Zodiac , Pisces is allotted to the escutcheon of Simeon . No sign appears to have been considered of more malignant influence than Pisces . The ...
Page 54
... sometimes called the light of the Ple- iades . The other five are principally of the 4th and 5th magnitudes . The Pleiades , or as they are more familiarly termed , the seven stars , come to the meridian 10 minutes before 9 o'clock , on ...
... sometimes called the light of the Ple- iades . The other five are principally of the 4th and 5th magnitudes . The Pleiades , or as they are more familiarly termed , the seven stars , come to the meridian 10 minutes before 9 o'clock , on ...
Page 55
... sometimes called VergiliƦ , or the << Virgins of spring ; " because the sun enters this cluster in the season of blossoms , " about the 18th of May . He who made them alludes to this circumstance when he demands of Job : " Canst thou ...
... sometimes called VergiliƦ , or the << Virgins of spring ; " because the sun enters this cluster in the season of blossoms , " about the 18th of May . He who made them alludes to this circumstance when he demands of Job : " Canst thou ...
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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