The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... sun's apparent course , gave them certain names by which they might be afterwards distinguished , and then divided the circle of the heavens in which the sun appears to move , first into quadrants , and afterwards into 12 equal parts ...
... sun's apparent course , gave them certain names by which they might be afterwards distinguished , and then divided the circle of the heavens in which the sun appears to move , first into quadrants , and afterwards into 12 equal parts ...
Page xv
... suns a million times larger than this earthly ball , diffusing their light over distant worlds - and these suns scattered in every direction through the immensity of space , at immeasurable distances from each other , and in multitudes ...
... suns a million times larger than this earthly ball , diffusing their light over distant worlds - and these suns scattered in every direction through the immensity of space , at immeasurable distances from each other , and in multitudes ...
Page xvi
... sun himself is more than 500 times larger than the whole , and that , although they were all at this mo- ment buried ... suns , and ten thousand times ten thousands of revolving worlds are dispersed throughout every region of bound- less ...
... sun himself is more than 500 times larger than the whole , and that , although they were all at this mo- ment buried ... suns , and ten thousand times ten thousands of revolving worlds are dispersed throughout every region of bound- less ...
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... Sun appears to describe annually among the stars . It crosses the Equinoc- tial , a little obliquely , in two opposite points which are called the Equinoxes . The Sun rises in one of these points on the 21st of March ; this point is ...
... Sun appears to describe annually among the stars . It crosses the Equinoc- tial , a little obliquely , in two opposite points which are called the Equinoxes . The Sun rises in one of these points on the 21st of March ; this point is ...
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... Sun's greatest declination north and south , and is thence called the Solstitial Colurê . The Sun is in the equinoctial points the 21st of March and the 23d of Septem ber . He is in the solstitial points the 22d of June and the 22d of ...
... Sun's greatest declination north and south , and is thence called the Solstitial Colurê . The Sun is in the equinoctial points the 21st of March and the 23d of Septem ber . He is in the solstitial points the 22d of June and the 22d of ...
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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 Describe 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 mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern hemisphere observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star position principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac