The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page xvii
... bodies roasting in the flames ? Would he drive men , women , and children from their homes , loaded with chains and fetters , to pine in misery and to perish in a distant land , merely because they asserted the rights to which they were ...
... bodies roasting in the flames ? Would he drive men , women , and children from their homes , loaded with chains and fetters , to pine in misery and to perish in a distant land , merely because they asserted the rights to which they were ...
Page xviii
... bodies , mean and apparent time , the irregu- larity of the moon's motion , the difficulty of forming adequate ideas of the immense spaces in which the heavenly bodies move , and their enormous size , and various other particulars , are ...
... bodies , mean and apparent time , the irregu- larity of the moon's motion , the difficulty of forming adequate ideas of the immense spaces in which the heavenly bodies move , and their enormous size , and various other particulars , are ...
Page xxii
... bodies of the uni- verse , the subject can never be exhausted . Whatever may be said in regard to the absolute perfection of other sciences , astronomy can never be said , at any future period of duration , to have arrived at perfection ...
... bodies of the uni- verse , the subject can never be exhausted . Whatever may be said in regard to the absolute perfection of other sciences , astronomy can never be said , at any future period of duration , to have arrived at perfection ...
Page xxiv
... bodies connected with the solar system , are both popular and scientific , containing a lucid exhibition of the facts which have been ascer- tained respecting them , and a rational explanation of the phenomena connected with their ...
... bodies connected with the solar system , are both popular and scientific , containing a lucid exhibition of the facts which have been ascer- tained respecting them , and a rational explanation of the phenomena connected with their ...
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... bodies , so that we can identify , and distinguish them from each other . In this manner , they were observed and studied ages before books were written , and it was only after many , careful and repeated observations , that systems and ...
... bodies , so that we can identify , and distinguish them from each other . In this manner , they were observed and studied ages before books were written , and it was only after many , careful and repeated observations , that systems and ...
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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