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... remarkable eclipses of the sun or moon , which the ancients regarded as prognostics of the loss of battles , the death of monarchs , and the fall of empires ; and which are recorded in connexion with such events , where no dates are ...
... remarkable eclipses of the sun or moon , which the ancients regarded as prognostics of the loss of battles , the death of monarchs , and the fall of empires ; and which are recorded in connexion with such events , where no dates are ...
Page xxiii
... remarkable Nebula , the mountains and plains , the caverns and circular ridges of hills which diversify the surface of the moon , as they appear through good achromatic or reflecting telescopes . Without actual observation , and the ...
... remarkable Nebula , the mountains and plains , the caverns and circular ridges of hills which diversify the surface of the moon , as they appear through good achromatic or reflecting telescopes . Without actual observation , and the ...
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... remarkable nebula of very minute stars , and the only one of the kind which is ever visible to the naked eye . It resembles two cones of light , joined at their base , about §o in length , and 4o in breadth . If we look directly over ...
... remarkable nebula of very minute stars , and the only one of the kind which is ever visible to the naked eye . It resembles two cones of light , joined at their base , about §o in length , and 4o in breadth . If we look directly over ...
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... remarkable cluster of five stars in the form of a pentagon , about 15o E. of it - See Cetus . From El Rischa the riband or cord makes a sudden flexure , doubling back across the ecliptic , where we meet with three stars of the 4th and ...
... remarkable cluster of five stars in the form of a pentagon , about 15o E. of it - See Cetus . From El Rischa the riband or cord makes a sudden flexure , doubling back across the ecliptic , where we meet with three stars of the 4th and ...
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... remarkable star in the square of the Great Bear , on the other side of the pole . [ See Megrez . ] It also serves to mark a spot in the starry heavens , rendered memo- rable as being the place of a lost star . Two hundred and fifty ...
... remarkable star in the square of the Great Bear , on the other side of the pole . [ See Megrez . ] It also serves to mark a spot in the starry heavens , rendered memo- rable as being the place of a lost star . Two hundred and fifty ...
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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