The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy; Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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... surface - evidently indicating , that every world has its peculiar scenes of beauty and grandeur . But , as no one will be so presumptuous as to assert , that the bound- aries of the universe terminate at the limits of human vision ...
... surface - evidently indicating , that every world has its peculiar scenes of beauty and grandeur . But , as no one will be so presumptuous as to assert , that the bound- aries of the universe terminate at the limits of human vision ...
Page xxiii
... surface of the moon , as they appear through good achromatic or reflecting telescopes . Without actual observation , and the exhibition of such interesting objects , the science of astronomy makes , comparatively , little impression on ...
... surface of the moon , as they appear through good achromatic or reflecting telescopes . Without actual observation , and the exhibition of such interesting objects , the science of astronomy makes , comparatively , little impression on ...
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... surface of the Earth . In order to facilitate the study of it , artificial representations of the heavens , similar to those of the surface of the Earth , have been made . ) Thus , a Celestial Atlas , composed of se- veral maps ...
... surface of the Earth . In order to facilitate the study of it , artificial representations of the heavens , similar to those of the surface of the Earth , have been made . ) Thus , a Celestial Atlas , composed of se- veral maps ...
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... ecliptic into signs . How much , at a mean rate , does the Sun advance in the ecliptic every month ? What is the zodiac ? What are parallels of latitude ? K . drawn on the Earth's surface , north and south of PRELIMINARY CHAPTER . 27.
... ecliptic into signs . How much , at a mean rate , does the Sun advance in the ecliptic every month ? What is the zodiac ? What are parallels of latitude ? K . drawn on the Earth's surface , north and south of PRELIMINARY CHAPTER . 27.
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... surface , north and south of the equator . and parallel to it . Parallels of Declination are small circles , imagined to be drawn on the concave surface of the heavens , north and south of the equinoctial , and parallel to it ; or they ...
... surface , north and south of the equator . and parallel to it . Parallels of Declination are small circles , imagined to be drawn on the concave surface of the heavens , north and south of the equinoctial , and parallel to it ; or they ...
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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