The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page iii
... surface of the visible Heavens . Such are the 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 ...
... surface of the visible Heavens . Such are the 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 ...
Page ix
... surface , observations must be taken , with proper instruments , of the sun or of the stars , at different sta tions ; and the accurate measurement of the terrestrial distance be- tween any two stations or parallels , partly depends on ...
... surface , observations must be taken , with proper instruments , of the sun or of the stars , at different sta tions ; and the accurate measurement of the terrestrial distance be- tween any two stations or parallels , partly depends on ...
Page xiv
... surface . The Benevolence of the Deity shines no less con- spicuous in those upper regions , in ordering all the movements and arrangements of the celestial globes so as to act in subserviency to the comfort and happiness of sentient ...
... surface . The Benevolence of the Deity shines no less con- spicuous in those upper regions , in ordering all the movements and arrangements of the celestial globes so as to act in subserviency to the comfort and happiness of sentient ...
Page xvi
... surface , we must form a very mean and circumscribed idea of the extent of the Creator's kingdom and the range of his moral go- vernment . But the discoveries of astronomy have extended our views to other provinces of the empire of ...
... surface , we must form a very mean and circumscribed idea of the extent of the Creator's kingdom and the range of his moral go- vernment . But the discoveries of astronomy have extended our views to other provinces of the empire of ...
Page xviii
... surface of the moon - such objects tend to awaken the attention , to expand the faculties , to produce a taste for rational in- vestigation , and to excite them to more eager and diligent inquiries into the subject . The objects appear ...
... surface of the moon - such objects tend to awaken the attention , to expand the faculties , to produce a taste for rational in- vestigation , and to excite them to more eager and diligent inquiries into the subject . The objects appear ...
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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