The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 43
... ancient constellations , relate to the Argonautic ex- pedition , or to persons some way connected with it . Thus , he observes that as Musæus , one of the Argonauts , was the first Greek who made a celestial sphere , he would naturally ...
... ancient constellations , relate to the Argonautic ex- pedition , or to persons some way connected with it . Thus , he observes that as Musæus , one of the Argonauts , was the first Greek who made a celestial sphere , he would naturally ...
Page 45
... ancients divided the Zodiac into 12 equal parts , was both simple and ingenious . Having no instrument that would measure time exactly , " They took a vessel , with a sinall hole in the bottom , and having filled it with water ...
... ancients divided the Zodiac into 12 equal parts , was both simple and ingenious . Having no instrument that would measure time exactly , " They took a vessel , with a sinall hole in the bottom , and having filled it with water ...
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... ancient Greece , the ruins of Palmyra , the gigantic pyramids of Egypt , the temples of their gods , or the sepulchres of their kings , scarcely one so aroused and riveted the curiosity of the learned , as did the discovery of ...
... ancient Greece , the ruins of Palmyra , the gigantic pyramids of Egypt , the temples of their gods , or the sepulchres of their kings , scarcely one so aroused and riveted the curiosity of the learned , as did the discovery of ...
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... ancients , with all their barbarism and idolatry , entertained the belief that unblemished virtue and a meritorious ... ancient authors , such as Homer , Attalus , and Geminus , counted only six Pleiades ; but Simonides , Varro , Pliny ...
... ancients , with all their barbarism and idolatry , entertained the belief that unblemished virtue and a meritorious ... ancient authors , such as Homer , Attalus , and Geminus , counted only six Pleiades ; but Simonides , Varro , Pliny ...
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... ancient Greeks counted seven in this cluster : - " The Bull's head shines with seven refulgent flames , Which , Grecia , Hyads , from their showering , names . " At what time will the seven stars culminate on the 5th January ? By what ...
... ancient Greeks counted seven in this cluster : - " The Bull's head shines with seven refulgent flames , Which , Grecia , Hyads , from their showering , names . " At what time will the seven stars culminate on the 5th January ? By what ...
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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