The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page ix
... stars , at different sta- tions ; and the accurate measurement of the terrestrial ... star , he can learn his distance from the Equator or from the poles of the ... principal places on the globe , and their various bearings and relations ...
... stars , at different sta- tions ; and the accurate measurement of the terrestrial ... star , he can learn his distance from the Equator or from the poles of the ... principal places on the globe , and their various bearings and relations ...
Page xi
... star Sirius along with the sun , announced to the Egyptians the period when they might expect the overflowing of the ... principal epochs of History . Many of those epochs were coincident with remarkable eclipses of the sun or moon ...
... star Sirius along with the sun , announced to the Egyptians the period when they might expect the overflowing of the ... principal epochs of History . Many of those epochs were coincident with remarkable eclipses of the sun or moon ...
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... stars in right ascension , and shows on what day of the month any star will be on the me- ridian at 9 o'clock in the evening . The constellation called the Great Bear is an exception to this rule ; in this constellation the principal stars ...
... stars in right ascension , and shows on what day of the month any star will be on the me- ridian at 9 o'clock in the evening . The constellation called the Great Bear is an exception to this rule ; in this constellation the principal stars ...
Page 34
... principal stars in each constellation , to the second in magnitude , to the third , and so on ; and when the Greek alphabet was ex- hausted , the notation was carried on with the Roman letters , a , b , c , & c . That the memory might ...
... principal stars in each constellation , to the second in magnitude , to the third , and so on ; and when the Greek alphabet was ex- hausted , the notation was carried on with the Roman letters , a , b , c , & c . That the memory might ...
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... stars , be traced , in a S. S. easterly direction , for a distance of 33 ° , until we come to the star El Rischa , of the 3d magnitude , which is situated in the node , or flexure of the riband . This is the principal star in the ...
... stars , be traced , in a S. S. easterly direction , for a distance of 33 ° , until we come to the star El Rischa , of the 3d magnitude , which is situated in the node , or flexure of the riband . This is the principal star in 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