Elements of Astronomy, Descriptive and Physical: In which the General Phenomena of the Heavenly Bodies and the Theory of the Tides are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams from Engravings on Copper Plates ... Intended for Schools, Academies, Seminaries for Young Ladies, Lyceums, and for Private ReadingDorr, Howland, & Company, 1834 - 144 sidor |
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... beginning of the constellation Aries , the signs and constellations being then together . At the vernal equinox now , the Sun is in the constellation Pisces , though that point is called the beginning of the sign Aries . The horizon is ...
... beginning of the constellation Aries , the signs and constellations being then together . At the vernal equinox now , the Sun is in the constellation Pisces , though that point is called the beginning of the sign Aries . The horizon is ...
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... beginning of Cancer , its rays are be- coming more and more direct in all places north of 23 ° 28 ' . Consequently the rays of the Sun have increasing power . While the Sun appears to pass through Cancer , Leo , and Virgo , it seems ...
... beginning of Cancer , its rays are be- coming more and more direct in all places north of 23 ° 28 ' . Consequently the rays of the Sun have increasing power . While the Sun appears to pass through Cancer , Leo , and Virgo , it seems ...
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... beginning to be refracted at that elevation , is bent more and more , till it reaches the eye of the observer . Of course it descends in a curve line . These properties of the atmosphere prevent our seeing celestial bodies in their true ...
... beginning to be refracted at that elevation , is bent more and more , till it reaches the eye of the observer . Of course it descends in a curve line . These properties of the atmosphere prevent our seeing celestial bodies in their true ...
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... beginning and end of her transit , as she would appear from the Earth's cen- tre ; also E E ' be the corresponding positions of the Earth at those times . Then , if the observer were situated at C , the centre of the Earth , when Venus ...
... beginning and end of her transit , as she would appear from the Earth's cen- tre ; also E E ' be the corresponding positions of the Earth at those times . Then , if the observer were situated at C , the centre of the Earth , when Venus ...
Sida 92
... beginning of January , than at the be- ginning of July ; and by the shorter period , which elapses between the autumnal equinox and the vernal , than between the vernal and the autumnal ; owing to the Earth's greater velocity in its ...
... beginning of January , than at the be- ginning of July ; and by the shorter period , which elapses between the autumnal equinox and the vernal , than between the vernal and the autumnal ; owing to the Earth's greater velocity in its ...
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95 millions A M Total ABERRATION OF LIGHT altitude angle annular annular eclipse aphelion apparent diameter Aries Astronomy atmosphere attraction brass meridian called Capricornus celestial centre century CHAPTER comets constellations degrees density disc Dominical letter double stars Earth's axis east elevated equal Equator fixed stars given place heavenly bodies heavens Herschel horizon Jupiter Latitude less longest Longitude luminary luminous lunar eclipses magnitude Mars material worlds mean distance Mercury miles the hour millions of miles minutes Moon's moral motion nearest nodes observed opposite orbit organs of vision parallax perihelion period planets pole primary reckoned refraction revolution revolves round right ascension rotation round the Sun satellites Saturn set the index siderial solar eclipse solstice southern hemisphere Sun's place supposed surface tance telescope thousand miles tides tion torrid zone transit of Venus true place turn the globe twilight velocity vernal equinox visible Zodiac
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Sida 108 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Sida 140 - Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat.
Sida 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Sida 105 - Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Sida 63 - evidence of things not seen," in the fulness of Divine grace ; and was profound on this, the greatest concern of human life, while unable even to comprehend how the " inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit" could be the cause of the change of the seasons.
Sida 119 - Rectify the globe to the latitude of the place; bring the sun's place in the ecliptic to the meridian, and set the index to XII.
Sida 26 - THERE is not, perhaps, another object in the heavens that presents us with such a variety of extraordinary phenomena as the planet Saturn. A magnificent globe, encompassed by a stupendous double ring, attended by seven satellites, ornamented with equatorial belts, compressed at the poles; turning...
Sida 84 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Sida 69 - In northern Latitudes, the smallest angle made by the Ecliptic and horizon, is when Aries rises, at which time Libra sets ; the greatest, when Libra rises, at which time Aries sets.
Sida 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;