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Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. valuable to all institutions having an equatorial ... celestial objects ; such as Double Stars , Clusters , Nebulæ , Comets , & c . These are all referred to in the book ...
Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. valuable to all institutions having an equatorial ... celestial objects ; such as Double Stars , Clusters , Nebulæ , Comets , & c . These are all referred to in the book ...
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Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. INDEX TO THE CONSTELLATIONS . PAGE PAGE Andromeda Antinous Anser et Velpecula Aries Argo Navis Aquila Aquarius Auriga Boötes Camelopardalus Cancer Janes Venatici 18 Hydra 71 118 ...
Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas Elijah Hinsdale Burritt. INDEX TO THE CONSTELLATIONS . PAGE PAGE Andromeda Antinous Anser et Velpecula Aries Argo Navis Aquila Aquarius Auriga Boötes Camelopardalus Cancer Janes Venatici 18 Hydra 71 118 ...
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... celestial sphere bear a striking analogy to the civil divisions of the globe . The constellations answer to states and kingdoms , the most brilliant clus- ters to towns and cities , and the number of stars in each , to their respective ...
... celestial sphere bear a striking analogy to the civil divisions of the globe . The constellations answer to states and kingdoms , the most brilliant clus- ters to towns and cities , and the number of stars in each , to their respective ...
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... Celestial Atlas , composed of several maps , accompanies this work . Before , however , pro- ceeding to explain its use , it is necessary to make the pupil acquainted with the imaginary circles alluded to , called the Cir- cles of the ...
... Celestial Atlas , composed of several maps , accompanies this work . Before , however , pro- ceeding to explain its use , it is necessary to make the pupil acquainted with the imaginary circles alluded to , called the Cir- cles of the ...
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... celestial sphere , these two circles mark the limits of the Sun's farthest declination , north and south . On the terrestrial sphere , they divide the torrid from the two temperate zones . That point in the ecliptic which touches the ...
... celestial sphere , these two circles mark the limits of the Sun's farthest declination , north and south . On the terrestrial sphere , they divide the torrid from the two temperate zones . That point in the ecliptic which touches the ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude angle aphelion appear Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta blue bright star called celestial Cepheus circle cluster comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Delta Denebola diameter distant companion diurnal motion DOUBLE STAR Earth Earth's orbit east ecliptic equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma head heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude Libra light longitude luminous Map VIII mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly NEBULA node north pole northern Number of stars o'clock observed Orion pale yellow parallax pass perihelion period planet Pleiades polar position principal star Refracting telescopes refraction remarkable represented revolution revolve right ascension rising satellites Saturn seen shadow sidereal Sirius situated small stars solstice southern Sun's supposed surface Taurus TELESCOPIC OBJECTS tides tion triangle TRIPLE STAR Ursa Ursa Major Venus vernal equinox visible Zeta Zodiac