The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Ecliptic , The Precession of the Equinoxes , fc . , have been added . It is only necessary to observe the Atlas , to discover that the Plates have been engraved entirely anew , upon steel , and in a very superior and beautiful style ...
... Ecliptic , The Precession of the Equinoxes , fc . , have been added . It is only necessary to observe the Atlas , to discover that the Plates have been engraved entirely anew , upon steel , and in a very superior and beautiful style ...
Page vii
... Ecliptic , -Obliquity of , ... 269 Taurus , the Bull , .. Eclipses Solar and Lunar , 215 Tides , .. Forces , Attractive and Projectile ,. 260 Twilight , Gemini , the Twins ... Gravitation , Universal Law of , ... ... 257 Hydra , the ...
... Ecliptic , -Obliquity of , ... 269 Taurus , the Bull , .. Eclipses Solar and Lunar , 215 Tides , .. Forces , Attractive and Projectile ,. 260 Twilight , Gemini , the Twins ... Gravitation , Universal Law of , ... ... 257 Hydra , the ...
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... Ecliptic is the great circle which the Sun appears to describe annually among the stars . It crosses the Equinoc ... ecliptic lies an the north side of the Equinoctial , the other half on the south side , making an angle with it of 234 ...
... Ecliptic is the great circle which the Sun appears to describe annually among the stars . It crosses the Equinoc ... ecliptic lies an the north side of the Equinoctial , the other half on the south side , making an angle with it of 234 ...
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... ecliptic which touches the tropic of Cancer , is called the Sum- mer Solstice ; and that point in the ecliptic which touches the tropic of Capricorn , is called the Winter Solstice . The distance of these two points from the equinoctial ...
... ecliptic which touches the tropic of Cancer , is called the Sum- mer Solstice ; and that point in the ecliptic which touches the tropic of Capricorn , is called the Winter Solstice . The distance of these two points from the equinoctial ...
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... ecliptic , the equinoctial , and that great meridian which passes through the first point of Aries , called the equinoc- tial colure . Latitude on the Earth , is distance north or south of the equator , and is measured on a meridian ...
... ecliptic , the equinoctial , and that great meridian which passes through the first point of Aries , called the equinoc- tial colure . Latitude on the Earth , is distance north or south of the equator , and is measured on a meridian ...
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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