The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page xix
... telescope has descried throughout the starry regions , or of that infinity of worlds which doubtless lie beyond the range of human vision in the unexplored regions of immensity ? What , then , is a kingdom , or a province , or a ...
... telescope has descried throughout the starry regions , or of that infinity of worlds which doubtless lie beyond the range of human vision in the unexplored regions of immensity ? What , then , is a kingdom , or a province , or a ...
Page xxiii
... telescopes . Without actual observation , and the exhibition of such interesting objects , the science of astronomy makes , comparatively , little impression on the mind . Our school books on astronomy should be popular in their lang ge ...
... telescopes . Without actual observation , and the exhibition of such interesting objects , the science of astronomy makes , comparatively , little impression on the mind . Our school books on astronomy should be popular in their lang ge ...
Page 41
... telescope reveals to us a grand nebula of small stars , apparently compressed into one mass , or single blaze of light , with a great number of loose stars surrounding it . HISTORY . - Cassiopeia was wife of Cepheus , king of Æthiopia ...
... telescope reveals to us a grand nebula of small stars , apparently compressed into one mass , or single blaze of light , with a great number of loose stars surrounding it . HISTORY . - Cassiopeia was wife of Cepheus , king of Æthiopia ...
Page 53
... telescope , he saw 78 stars ; and Rheita affirms that he counted 200 stars in this small cluster . The most ancient authors , such as Homer , Attalus , and Geminus , counted only six Pleiades ; but Simonides , Varro , Pliny , Aratus ...
... telescope , he saw 78 stars ; and Rheita affirms that he counted 200 stars in this small cluster . The most ancient authors , such as Homer , Attalus , and Geminus , counted only six Pleiades ; but Simonides , Varro , Pliny , Aratus ...
Page 58
... telescope an apparent opening is discovered , through which , as through a window , we seem to get a glimpse of other heavens , and brighter regions beyond . As the telescope extends our knowledge of the stars and greatly increases ...
... telescope an apparent opening is discovered , through which , as through a window , we seem to get a glimpse of other heavens , and brighter regions beyond . As the telescope extends our knowledge of the stars and greatly increases ...
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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