The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 64
... Mercury , and charioteer to Enomaus , king of Pisa , and so experienced , hat he rendered his horses the swiftest in all Greece . But as neither of these fables seems to account for the goat and her kids , it has been supposed that they ...
... Mercury , and charioteer to Enomaus , king of Pisa , and so experienced , hat he rendered his horses the swiftest in all Greece . But as neither of these fables seems to account for the goat and her kids , it has been supposed that they ...
Page 122
... Mercury gave to Orpheus , and upon which he played with such a masterly hand , that even the most rapid rivers ceased to flow , the wild beasts of the forest forgot their wildness , and the mountains came to listen to his song . Of all ...
... Mercury gave to Orpheus , and upon which he played with such a masterly hand , that even the most rapid rivers ceased to flow , the wild beasts of the forest forgot their wildness , and the mountains came to listen to his song . Of all ...
Page 123
... Mercury about the year of the world 2000 ; though some ascribe the invention to Jubal . ( Genesis iv . 21. ) It is universally allowed , that the lyre was the first instrument of the string kina ever used in Greece . The different lyres ...
... Mercury about the year of the world 2000 ; though some ascribe the invention to Jubal . ( Genesis iv . 21. ) It is universally allowed , that the lyre was the first instrument of the string kina ever used in Greece . The different lyres ...
Page 132
... Mercury to a nasty Ibis turned- While Venus from a fish protection craves , And once more plunges in her native waves . " On this occasion it is further related that Bacchus , or Pan , led the way and plunged into the Nile , and that ...
... Mercury to a nasty Ibis turned- While Venus from a fish protection craves , And once more plunges in her native waves . " On this occasion it is further related that Bacchus , or Pan , led the way and plunged into the Nile , and that ...
Page 135
... Mercury to Castor , who was so celebrated for his skill in the management of horses ; others take him to be the celebrated horse which Nep- tune struck out of the earth with his trident , when he disputed with Minerva for superiority ...
... Mercury to Castor , who was so celebrated for his skill in the management of horses ; others take him to be the celebrated horse which Nep- tune struck out of the earth with his trident , when he disputed with Minerva for superiority ...
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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