The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 59
... supposed to be accompani ed , at its rising , with great rains and storins , it became extremely terrible to mariners , in the early adventures of navigation . Virgil , Ovid , and Horace , with some of the Greek poets , make mention of ...
... supposed to be accompani ed , at its rising , with great rains and storins , it became extremely terrible to mariners , in the early adventures of navigation . Virgil , Ovid , and Horace , with some of the Greek poets , make mention of ...
Page 64
... supposed that they refer to Almathæa and her sister Melissa , who fed Jupiter , during his infancy , * In the latitude of London ; but in the latitude of New England , Capella disappears below the horizon , in the N. N. W. , for a few ...
... supposed that they refer to Almathæa and her sister Melissa , who fed Jupiter , during his infancy , * In the latitude of London ; but in the latitude of New England , Capella disappears below the horizon , in the N. N. W. , for a few ...
Page 71
... supposed to be less than that of any other star : a distance , however , so great that a cannon ball , which flies at the rate of 19 miles a minute , would be two millions of years in passing over the mighty interval ; while sound ...
... supposed to be less than that of any other star : a distance , however , so great that a cannon ball , which flies at the rate of 19 miles a minute , would be two millions of years in passing over the mighty interval ; while sound ...
Page 77
... supposed that the figure of the arab , in this place , is more ancient than the Beetle . In some eastern representations of this sign , two animals , like asses , are found h this division of the Zodiac ; and as the Chaldaic name for ...
... supposed that the figure of the arab , in this place , is more ancient than the Beetle . In some eastern representations of this sign , two animals , like asses , are found h this division of the Zodiac ; and as the Chaldaic name for ...
Page 81
... supposed to represent other constellations , though they bear no analogy , in form , to those which we now have . Many of these figures are accompanied with hieroglyphics , which probably express their names . The commentator of ...
... supposed to represent other constellations , though they bear no analogy , in form , to those which we now have . Many of these figures are accompanied with hieroglyphics , which probably express their names . The commentator of ...
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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