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... accommodated to the capacity of youth , is a desideratum . ” How far this desirable end is acccm- plished by the following work , I humbly leave to the public to decide . Hartford , Feb. 1833 . INDEX . 35 Herschel , ... .. Page 241 43. D ..
... accommodated to the capacity of youth , is a desideratum . ” How far this desirable end is acccm- plished by the following work , I humbly leave to the public to decide . Hartford , Feb. 1833 . INDEX . 35 Herschel , ... .. Page 241 43. D ..
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Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. INDEX . 35 Herschel , ... .. Page 241 43 Heavenly Bodies , Parallax of , .... 293 Monoceros , the Unicorn , ......... 71 38 Moon ,. 41 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , ... .. 283 Meteoric Showers , Professor Olm ...
Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. INDEX . 35 Herschel , ... .. Page 241 43 Heavenly Bodies , Parallax of , .... 293 Monoceros , the Unicorn , ......... 71 38 Moon ,. 41 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , ... .. 283 Meteoric Showers , Professor Olm ...
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... Herschel , by merely measuring the moon's appa- rent distance from a star , with a little portable instrument held in his hand , and What is its present position ? How is it now situated with respect to the surround- ing constellations ...
... Herschel , by merely measuring the moon's appa- rent distance from a star , with a little portable instrument held in his hand , and What is its present position ? How is it now situated with respect to the surround- ing constellations ...
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... Herschel makes its period 331 days , 10 hours , and 19 minutes ; while Hevelius assures us that it once disappeared for 4 years ; so that its true period , perhaps , has not been satisfactorily determined . The whole number of stars ...
... Herschel makes its period 331 days , 10 hours , and 19 minutes ; while Hevelius assures us that it once disappeared for 4 years ; so that its true period , perhaps , has not been satisfactorily determined . The whole number of stars ...
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... Herschel attributes the variable appearance of Algol to spots upon its surface , and thinks it has a motion on its axis similar to that of the sun . He also observes , of variable stars generally : - " The rotary motion of stars upon ...
... Herschel attributes the variable appearance of Algol to spots upon its surface , and thinks it has a motion on its axis similar to that of the sun . He also observes , of variable stars generally : - " The rotary motion of stars upon ...
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