The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page iii
... principal improvements which have been made in the work . They speak for themselves . The publisher knows not what could express his satisfaction with the past , or his hopes for the future success of the work , better than such improv ...
... principal improvements which have been made in the work . They speak for themselves . The publisher knows not what could express his satisfaction with the past , or his hopes for the future success of the work , better than such improv ...
Page iv
... principal stars , according to their magnitudes and places , and be accompanied , at the same time , with such fami- liar exercises and illustrations , adapted to recitation , as should bring it within the pale of popular instruction ...
... principal stars , according to their magnitudes and places , and be accompanied , at the same time , with such fami- liar exercises and illustrations , adapted to recitation , as should bring it within the pale of popular instruction ...
Page vi
... principal stars , and the uncouth forms by which the constellations are pictured out ; but which of all th positions he has placed the globe in , is now so present to his min that he is enabled to identify it with any portion of the ...
... principal stars , and the uncouth forms by which the constellations are pictured out ; but which of all th positions he has placed the globe in , is now so present to his min that he is enabled to identify it with any portion of the ...
Page ix
... principal places on the globe , and their various bearings and relations have been determined , so that we can now take a view of the world we inhabit in all its mul- tifarious aspects , and direct our course to any quarter of it ...
... principal places on the globe , and their various bearings and relations have been determined , so that we can now take a view of the world we inhabit in all its mul- tifarious aspects , and direct our course to any quarter of it ...
Page x
... principal stars that lay in the line of the sun's apparent course , gave them certain names by which they might be afterwards distinguished , and then divided the circle of the heavens in which the sun appears to move , first into ...
... principal stars that lay in the line of the sun's apparent course , gave them certain names by which they might be afterwards distinguished , and then divided the circle of the heavens in which the sun appears to move , first into ...
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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