The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... phenomena of the heavens as they appear in a clear evening , are the first objects that demand our attention . Our first step is to learn the names and positions of the heavenly bodies , so that we can identify , and distinguish them ...
... phenomena of the heavens as they appear in a clear evening , are the first objects that demand our attention . Our first step is to learn the names and positions of the heavenly bodies , so that we can identify , and distinguish them ...
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... phenomena of a prodigious flame - first it was of a dazzling whité , then of a reddish yellow , and lastly of an ... phenomenon alarmed all the astronomers of the age , who beheld it ; and many of them wrote dissertations con- cerning it ...
... phenomena of a prodigious flame - first it was of a dazzling whité , then of a reddish yellow , and lastly of an ... phenomenon alarmed all the astronomers of the age , who beheld it ; and many of them wrote dissertations con- cerning it ...
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... phenomena of periodical changes in the lustre of the stars , so satisfactorily , that we certainly need not look out ... phenomenon of the Creator's power and greatness . Kohler , the astronomer , observed a beautiful nebula near the ...
... phenomena of periodical changes in the lustre of the stars , so satisfactorily , that we certainly need not look out ... phenomenon of the Creator's power and greatness . Kohler , the astronomer , observed a beautiful nebula near the ...
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... phenomena , it abounds with contradictory and irrelevant matter . So far from proving what was strenu- usly maintained by infidel writers , soon after its discovery , that the Greeks took from it the model of their zodiac , which they ...
... phenomena , it abounds with contradictory and irrelevant matter . So far from proving what was strenu- usly maintained by infidel writers , soon after its discovery , that the Greeks took from it the model of their zodiac , which they ...
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... Phenomena of Alatus , a Greek poem , from which St. Paul quotes . in his address to the Athenians : - " The one call'd Helix , † soon as day retires , Observed with ease , lights up his radiant fires : * Diana was the goddess of hunting ...
... Phenomena of Alatus , a Greek poem , from which St. Paul quotes . in his address to the Athenians : - " The one call'd Helix , † soon as day retires , Observed with ease , lights up his radiant fires : * Diana was the goddess of hunting ...
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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