The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... Zodiac , which they distinguished by names correspond- ing to certain objects and operations connected with the different seasons of the year . Such were the means requisite to be used for ascertaining the length of the year , and the ...
... Zodiac , which they distinguished by names correspond- ing to certain objects and operations connected with the different seasons of the year . Such were the means requisite to be used for ascertaining the length of the year , and the ...
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... zodiac , and which has happened only eight times since the Mosaic Creation , furnishes Chronology with incontestable proofs of the date of events , when such phenomena happen to be recorded . On such data , Sir Isaac Newton deter- mined ...
... zodiac , and which has happened only eight times since the Mosaic Creation , furnishes Chronology with incontestable proofs of the date of events , when such phenomena happen to be recorded . On such data , Sir Isaac Newton deter- mined ...
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... Zodiac is a zone or girdle , about 16 degrees in breadth , extending quite round the heavens , and including all the heavenly bodies within 8 ° on each side of the ecliptic . It in- cludes , also , the orbits of all the planets , except ...
... Zodiac is a zone or girdle , about 16 degrees in breadth , extending quite round the heavens , and including all the heavenly bodies within 8 ° on each side of the ecliptic . It in- cludes , also , the orbits of all the planets , except ...
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... Zodiac passing over head as they rise one after another in their or- der , and to trace among them the orbits of the Earth and of the other planets . As Greek letters so frequently occur in catalogues and maps of the stars and on the ...
... Zodiac passing over head as they rise one after another in their or- der , and to trace among them the orbits of the Earth and of the other planets . As Greek letters so frequently occur in catalogues and maps of the stars and on the ...
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... Zodiac , and is usually repre- sented by two fishes tied a considerable distance apart , at the extremities of a long undulating cord , or riband . It occupies Describe the magnitude and position of Delta . How may this star be ...
... Zodiac , and is usually repre- sented by two fishes tied a considerable distance apart , at the extremities of a long undulating cord , or riband . It occupies Describe the magnitude and position of Delta . How may this star be ...
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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