The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 54
... Bears is careful to behold And bright Orion , arm'd witn ournish'd gold . ' Indeed , this sagacious pilot was once so intent in gazing upon the stars while at the helm , that he fell overboard , and was lost to his companions ...
... Bears is careful to behold And bright Orion , arm'd witn ournish'd gold . ' Indeed , this sagacious pilot was once so intent in gazing upon the stars while at the helm , that he fell overboard , and was lost to his companions ...
Page 56
... bears , But farther off removed , their splendour's lost ; Thus grac'd and arm'd he leads the starry host . " The centre of the constellation is midway between the poles of the heavens and directly over the equator . It is alsc about 80 ...
... bears , But farther off removed , their splendour's lost ; Thus grac'd and arm'd he leads the starry host . " The centre of the constellation is midway between the poles of the heavens and directly over the equator . It is alsc about 80 ...
Page 59
... bear around the North pole . The following lines are copied from a work entitled " Astronomical Recrea tions , " by J. Green of Pennsylvania to whom the author is indebted for many valuable hints concerning the mythology of the ancient ...
... bear around the North pole . The following lines are copied from a work entitled " Astronomical Recrea tions , " by J. Green of Pennsylvania to whom the author is indebted for many valuable hints concerning the mythology of the ancient ...
Page 60
... Bear on either side appears , Creeping with lazy motion ' mid the stars " These lines are easily committed to memory , and would assist the pupil in ve calling the names of the constellations in this very interesting portion of the ...
... Bear on either side appears , Creeping with lazy motion ' mid the stars " These lines are easily committed to memory , and would assist the pupil in ve calling the names of the constellations in this very interesting portion of the ...
Page 61
... Bear , round the circuit of the skies . It was one of those animals which Orion is said to have delighted in hunting , and which , for this reason , was inade into a constellation and placed near him among the stars . COLUMBA . NOAH'S ...
... Bear , round the circuit of the skies . It was one of those animals which Orion is said to have delighted in hunting , and which , for this reason , was inade into a constellation and placed near him among the stars . COLUMBA . NOAH'S ...
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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 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 Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebula night node north pole northern hemisphere o'clock observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots square Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac