The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page vi
... whole depends . Hence , says an eminent English Astronomer , " A comprehensive work on Descriptive Astronomy , detailing , in a popular manner , all the facts which have been ascer- tained respecting the scenery of the heavens ...
... whole depends . Hence , says an eminent English Astronomer , " A comprehensive work on Descriptive Astronomy , detailing , in a popular manner , all the facts which have been ascer- tained respecting the scenery of the heavens ...
Page xv
... whole machine of universal nature is in perpetual motion amidst the spaces of immen- suy , and will continue thus to move throughout all the periods of endless duration . Such objects and such motions evidently display the omnipotence ...
... whole machine of universal nature is in perpetual motion amidst the spaces of immen- suy , and will continue thus to move throughout all the periods of endless duration . Such objects and such motions evidently display the omnipotence ...
Page xvi
... whole , and that , although they were all at this mo- ment buried in oblivion , they would scarcely be missed by an eye that could survey the whole range of creation . - They demonstrate , that ten thousands of suns , and ten thousand ...
... whole , and that , although they were all at this mo- ment buried in oblivion , they would scarcely be missed by an eye that could survey the whole range of creation . - They demonstrate , that ten thousands of suns , and ten thousand ...
Page xix
... whole of this globe , compared with the solar sys- tem , which contains a mass of matter ten hundred thousand times greater ? What is it in comparison of the hundred millions of suns and worlds which the telescope has descried ...
... whole of this globe , compared with the solar sys- tem , which contains a mass of matter ten hundred thousand times greater ? What is it in comparison of the hundred millions of suns and worlds which the telescope has descried ...
Page xxiv
... whole , indicates great industry and re- search on the part of the author , and a familiar acquaintance with the various departments of the science of the heavens . He has de- rived his materials from the most valuable and modern works ...
... whole , indicates great industry and re- search on the part of the author , and a familiar acquaintance with the various departments of the science of the heavens . He has de- rived his materials from the most valuable and modern works ...
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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