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Page iv
... magnitudes and places , and be accompanied , at the same time , with such fami- liar exercises and illustrations , adapted ... magnitude and ar- rangement , and that when all this was done , I had indeed given the pupil a few additional ...
... magnitudes and places , and be accompanied , at the same time , with such fami- liar exercises and illustrations , adapted ... magnitude and ar- rangement , and that when all this was done , I had indeed given the pupil a few additional ...
Page ix
... magnitude , is of particular importance ; and , therefore , a navigator who is unacquainted with the science of the heavens , ought never to be appointed to conduct a ship through the Indian , the Atlantic , or the Pacific oceans , or ...
... magnitude , is of particular importance ; and , therefore , a navigator who is unacquainted with the science of the heavens , ought never to be appointed to conduct a ship through the Indian , the Atlantic , or the Pacific oceans , or ...
Page xv
... magnitude and splendour - planetary globes a thousand times larger than the earth - magnificent rings which would nearly reach from the earth to the moon , and would enclose within their vast circumference 500 worlds as large as ours ...
... magnitude and splendour - planetary globes a thousand times larger than the earth - magnificent rings which would nearly reach from the earth to the moon , and would enclose within their vast circumference 500 worlds as large as ours ...
Page xxi
... magnitude , motion , splendour , colour and diversity of surface - evidently indicating , that every world has its peculiar scenes of beauty and grandeur . But , as no one will be so presumptuous as to assert , that the bound- aries of ...
... magnitude , motion , splendour , colour and diversity of surface - evidently indicating , that every world has its peculiar scenes of beauty and grandeur . But , as no one will be so presumptuous as to assert , that the bound- aries of ...
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... magnitudes , six classes ; the brightest being called stars of the first magnitude , the next brightest , stars of the second magnitude , and so on to the sixth class , which consists of the smallest stars visible to the naked eye . In ...
... magnitudes , six classes ; the brightest being called stars of the first magnitude , the next brightest , stars of the second magnitude , and so on to the sixth class , which consists of the smallest stars visible to the naked eye . In ...
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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