The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page iii
... Planetary Motion , The Phe- nomena of Day and Night , The Seasons , The Tides , The Obliquity of the Ecliptic , The Precession of the Equinoxes , fc . , have been added . It is only necessary to observe the Atlas , to discover that the ...
... Planetary Motion , The Phe- nomena of Day and Night , The Seasons , The Tides , The Obliquity of the Ecliptic , The Precession of the Equinoxes , fc . , have been added . It is only necessary to observe the Atlas , to discover that the ...
Page vii
... Planets , forces by which they are retained in their Orbits , ..... 131 Problems and Tables , • .... ... ix Serpent Bearer , Agriculture , .. x Stars - variable , .... Chronology , xi Double ,. Propagation of Religion . Xii Clusters of ...
... Planets , forces by which they are retained in their Orbits , ..... 131 Problems and Tables , • .... ... ix Serpent Bearer , Agriculture , .. x Stars - variable , .... Chronology , xi Double ,. Propagation of Religion . Xii Clusters of ...
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... planets Jupiter and Saturn , which occurs once in 800 years , in the same point of the zodiac , and which has happened only eight times since the Mosaic Creation , furnishes Chronology with incontestable proofs of the date of events ...
... planets Jupiter and Saturn , which occurs once in 800 years , in the same point of the zodiac , and which has happened only eight times since the Mosaic Creation , furnishes Chronology with incontestable proofs of the date of events ...
Page xiv
... planets primary and secondary — in uniting them in one harmonious system , by one grand universal law which prevents them om flying off in wild confusion through the infini- ty of space - in the constancy and regularity of their motions ...
... planets primary and secondary — in uniting them in one harmonious system , by one grand universal law which prevents them om flying off in wild confusion through the infini- ty of space - in the constancy and regularity of their motions ...
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... 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 - suns a million times ...
... 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 - suns a million times ...
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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