The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page xv
... move throughout all the periods of endless duration . Such objects and such motions evidently display the omnipotence of the Creator beyond every other scene which creation presents ; and , when seriously contemplated , cannot but ...
... move throughout all the periods of endless duration . Such objects and such motions evidently display the omnipotence of the Creator beyond every other scene which creation presents ; and , when seriously contemplated , cannot but ...
Page xviii
... move , and their enormous size , and various other particulars , are apt , at firs view , to startle and embarrass the mind , as if they were beyond the reach of its comprehension . But , when this science is imparted to the young under ...
... move , and their enormous size , and various other particulars , are apt , at firs view , to startle and embarrass the mind , as if they were beyond the reach of its comprehension . But , when this science is imparted to the young under ...
Page 26
... move as he moves , and enlarge or contract , as his station is elevated or depress- ed . What expedient has been devised for designating , with precision , the situations of the heavenly bodies ? What is the axis of the Earth ? What are ...
... move as he moves , and enlarge or contract , as his station is elevated or depress- ed . What expedient has been devised for designating , with precision , the situations of the heavenly bodies ? What is the axis of the Earth ? What are ...
Page 32
... moving . Many of the stars also in that region of the skies never set , so that when the sky is clear , they may be seen at any hour of the night . They revolve about the Pole in small circles , and never disappear below the horizon ...
... moving . Many of the stars also in that region of the skies never set , so that when the sky is clear , they may be seen at any hour of the night . They revolve about the Pole in small circles , and never disappear below the horizon ...
Page 40
... moving from its place , it became utterly extinct . Its colour , during this time , exhibited all the phenomena of a prodigious flame - first it was of a dazzling white , then of a reddish yellow , and lastly of an ashy paleness , in ...
... moving from its place , it became utterly extinct . Its colour , during this time , exhibited all the phenomena of a prodigious flame - first it was of a dazzling white , then of a reddish yellow , and lastly of an ashy paleness , in ...
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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