The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page iii
... bodies which compose the Solar System . This plate the teacher will find to be of very important service , and to aid him much in his verbal explanations . The arrangement of the Plates in the present Atlas , is such , that the teacher ...
... bodies which compose the Solar System . This plate the teacher will find to be of very important service , and to aid him much in his verbal explanations . The arrangement of the Plates in the present Atlas , is such , that the teacher ...
Page v
... bodies , and as nearly all the problems which are peculiar to the celestial globe , and a great number be- sides , may be solved upon them in a very simple and satisfactory manner . They may be put into the hands of each individual in a ...
... bodies , and as nearly all the problems which are peculiar to the celestial globe , and a great number be- sides , may be solved upon them in a very simple and satisfactory manner . They may be put into the hands of each individual in a ...
Page vii
... . Page 241 43 Heavenly Bodies , Parallax of , .... 293 Monoceros , the Unicorn , ......... 71 38 Moon ,. 41 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , ... .. 283 Meteoric Showers , Professor Olm- 116 Refraction , .. 243 Sextans , the Sextant ...
... . Page 241 43 Heavenly Bodies , Parallax of , .... 293 Monoceros , the Unicorn , ......... 71 38 Moon ,. 41 Moon - Harvest and Horizontal , ... .. 283 Meteoric Showers , Professor Olm- 116 Refraction , .. 243 Sextans , the Sextant ...
Page xiii
... bodies which move in regular , but long elliptical arbits - which appear and disappear in stated periods of time , and are destined to subserve some grand and beneficent designs in the sys- tem to which they belong . So that we may now ...
... bodies which move in regular , but long elliptical arbits - which appear and disappear in stated periods of time , and are destined to subserve some grand and beneficent designs in the sys- tem to which they belong . So that we may now ...
Page xv
... bodies a thousand times larger than the earth flying with a velocity of 29,000 miles an hour , performing circuits ... body in the universe but is running its round with similar velocity ; and it is not unlikely that the whole machine of ...
... bodies a thousand times larger than the earth flying with a velocity of 29,000 miles an hour , performing circuits ... body in the universe but is running its round with similar velocity ; and it is not unlikely that the whole machine 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