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Page viii
... attraction of mountains was de- ermined . The observations were made by taking the meridian distances of different fixed stars near the zenith , first on the south , and afterwards on the north side of the hill , when the plumb line of ...
... attraction of mountains was de- ermined . The observations were made by taking the meridian distances of different fixed stars near the zenith , first on the south , and afterwards on the north side of the hill , when the plumb line of ...
Page 98
... attracted the admiration of almost all the eminent writers of antiquity . Claudian observes , that " Bootes with his wain the north unfolds ; The southern gate Orion holds . " And Aratus , * who flourished nearly 800 years before ...
... attracted the admiration of almost all the eminent writers of antiquity . Claudian observes , that " Bootes with his wain the north unfolds ; The southern gate Orion holds . " And Aratus , * who flourished nearly 800 years before ...
Page 109
... attraction was known in that country at least one thousand years earlier . CHAPTER IX . DIRECTIONS FOR TRACING THE CONSTELLATIONS WHICH ARE ON THE MERIDIAN IN JULY . SCORPIO . THE SCORPION . - This is the eighth sign , and ninth constel ...
... attraction was known in that country at least one thousand years earlier . CHAPTER IX . DIRECTIONS FOR TRACING THE CONSTELLATIONS WHICH ARE ON THE MERIDIAN IN JULY . SCORPIO . THE SCORPION . - This is the eighth sign , and ninth constel ...
Page 122
... attracted the admiration of astronomers in all ages . Manilius , who wrote in the age of Augustus , thus alludes to it : - " ONE , placed in front above the rest , displays A vigorous light and darts surprising rays . " Astronomicon , B ...
... attracted the admiration of astronomers in all ages . Manilius , who wrote in the age of Augustus , thus alludes to it : - " ONE , placed in front above the rest , displays A vigorous light and darts surprising rays . " Astronomicon , B ...
Page 128
... attracted a number of dolphins around the ship ; he immedi ately precipitated himself into the sea ; when one of them , it is asserted , carrieu him safe on his back to Tænarus , a promontory of Laconia , in Peloponnesus , whence he ...
... attracted a number of dolphins around the ship ; he immedi ately precipitated himself into the sea ; when one of them , it is asserted , carrieu him safe on his back to Tænarus , a promontory of Laconia , in Peloponnesus , whence he ...
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