The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... ancients were directed in these operations , in the first instance , by observing the courses of the moon , and that ... ancient Greeks had to watch the rising of Arcturus the Pleiades and Orion , to mark their seasons , and to determine ...
... ancients were directed in these operations , in the first instance , by observing the courses of the moon , and that ... ancient Greeks had to watch the rising of Arcturus the Pleiades and Orion , to mark their seasons , and to determine ...
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... ancients regarded as prognostics of the loss of battles , the death of monarchs , and the fall of empires ; and which are recorded in connexion with such events , where no dates are mentioned . The astronomer , therefore , knowing the ...
... ancients regarded as prognostics of the loss of battles , the death of monarchs , and the fall of empires ; and which are recorded in connexion with such events , where no dates are mentioned . The astronomer , therefore , knowing the ...
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... ancients distinguished by particular names . This division commences at the vernal equinox , and is continued east- wardly round to the same point again , in the following order : Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra ...
... ancients distinguished by particular names . This division commences at the vernal equinox , and is continued east- wardly round to the same point again , in the following order : Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra ...
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... ancients , were usually com- municated in fable or allegory . The fable of Andromeda and the sea monster , might mean that she was courted by some monster of a sea - captain , who at tempted to carry her away , but was prevented by ...
... ancients , were usually com- municated in fable or allegory . The fable of Andromeda and the sea monster , might mean that she was courted by some monster of a sea - captain , who at tempted to carry her away , but was prevented by ...
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... ancient Greeks , who have some fable to account for the or gin of almost every constellation , say , that as Venus and her son Cupid were on . day on the banks of the Euphrates , they were greatly alarmed at the appearanc of a terrible ...
... ancient Greeks , who have some fable to account for the or gin of almost every constellation , say , that as Venus and her son Cupid were on . day on the banks of the Euphrates , they were greatly alarmed at the appearanc of a terrible ...
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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