The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page vii
... 60 Mercury , 17 65 Moon , 47 78 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , 136 82 Refraction , 140 99 Solar System - General Phenom- 100 ena of , 1 121 Sun , 11 71 Saturn , 80 1 56 Seasons , 36 Tides , Twilight , 49 Venus , 129 123 140 22 INDEX. ...
... 60 Mercury , 17 65 Moon , 47 78 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , 136 82 Refraction , 140 99 Solar System - General Phenom- 100 ena of , 1 121 Sun , 11 71 Saturn , 80 1 56 Seasons , 36 Tides , Twilight , 49 Venus , 129 123 140 22 INDEX. ...
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... Venus , the rings of Saturn , and the mountains and vales which diversify the surface of the moon - such objects tend to awaken the attention , to expand the faculties , to produce a taste for rational in- vestigation , and to excite ...
... Venus , the rings of Saturn , and the mountains and vales which diversify the surface of the moon - such objects tend to awaken the attention , to expand the faculties , to produce a taste for rational in- vestigation , and to excite ...
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... Venus , the numerous groups of stars in the Milky Way , the double and treble stars , the most remarkable Nebula , the mountains and plains , the caverns and circular ridges of hills which diversify the surface of the moon , as they ...
... Venus , the numerous groups of stars in the Milky Way , the double and treble stars , the most remarkable Nebula , the mountains and plains , the caverns and circular ridges of hills which diversify the surface of the moon , as they ...
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... Venus and her son Cupid were one day on the banks of the Euphrates , they were greatly alarmned at the appearance of a terrible giant , named Typhon . Throwing theinselves into the river , they were changed into fishes , and by this ...
... Venus and her son Cupid were one day on the banks of the Euphrates , they were greatly alarmned at the appearance of a terrible giant , named Typhon . Throwing theinselves into the river , they were changed into fishes , and by this ...
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... Venus and Cupid , with their parent , the southern fish . These , according to Deltoton , comprise the Grecian constellations mentioned by the poet Aratus ; and all relate , as Newton supposes , remotely or immediately , to the ...
... Venus and Cupid , with their parent , the southern fish . These , according to Deltoton , comprise the Grecian constellations mentioned by the poet Aratus ; and all relate , as Newton supposes , remotely or immediately , to the ...
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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 Denebola diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Hydra Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude maps mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearest nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal revolution Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern hemisphere spots Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac