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... called Astronomy , always used diagrams . But ILLUMI- NATED DIAGRAMS are of recent invention ; and though considerable expense attends their use , they are incomparably superior to others . No- thing will so irresistibly attract and ...
... called Astronomy , always used diagrams . But ILLUMI- NATED DIAGRAMS are of recent invention ; and though considerable expense attends their use , they are incomparably superior to others . No- thing will so irresistibly attract and ...
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... called stars . Stars are also distinguished into planets and fixed stars . The PLANETS , though they appear like the fixed stars , are all opaque , or dark bodies , moving in a regular order round the Sun , from west to east , receiving ...
... called stars . Stars are also distinguished into planets and fixed stars . The PLANETS , though they appear like the fixed stars , are all opaque , or dark bodies , moving in a regular order round the Sun , from west to east , receiving ...
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... called Asteroids , named Ceres , Pallas , Juno , and Vesta . These are called primaries , and there are also eighteen satellites or moons , called secondaries . The Earth has one ; Jupiter , four ; Saturn , seven ; and Herschel , six ...
... called Asteroids , named Ceres , Pallas , Juno , and Vesta . These are called primaries , and there are also eighteen satellites or moons , called secondaries . The Earth has one ; Jupiter , four ; Saturn , seven ; and Herschel , six ...
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... called Mercury . Its diameter is 3200 miles ; its density 9 times the density of water , and the amount of light enjoyed , 7 times as great as at the Earth . Its mean distance from the Sun , is 37 millions of miles . It turns on its ...
... called Mercury . Its diameter is 3200 miles ; its density 9 times the density of water , and the amount of light enjoyed , 7 times as great as at the Earth . Its mean distance from the Sun , is 37 millions of miles . It turns on its ...
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... called a superior planet . Its diameter is 4444 miles , its density 3 times the den- sity of water , and its distance from the Sun , 144 millions of miles . } It turns on its axis in 24 hours , } and performs a revolution round the Sun ...
... called a superior planet . Its diameter is 4444 miles , its density 3 times the den- sity of water , and its distance from the Sun , 144 millions of miles . } It turns on its axis in 24 hours , } and performs a revolution round the Sun ...
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Elements of Astronomy, Descriptive and Physical: In which the General ... Hervey Wilbur Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1830 |
Elements of Astronomy, Descriptive and Physical: In which the General ... Hervey Wilbur Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1830 |
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24 hours 95 millions ABERRATION OF LIGHT altitude angle annular annular eclipse aphelion apparent diameter Aries Astronomy atmosphere attraction axis brass meridian called celestial centre century circle comets constellations degrees density disc Dominical letter double stars east elevated equal Equator estimated fixed stars given place heavenly bodies heavens Herschel horizon illustrate Jupiter Latitude Longitude luminary luminous lunar eclipses magnitude material worlds mean distance Mercury miles the hour millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion nearest nodes observation opposite orbit organs of vision parallax perihelion period planets polar pole primary refraction revolution revolves round right ascension rings rising rotation round the Earth round the Sun satellites Saturn set the index solar eclipse solstice southern hemisphere Sun's place supposed surface 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 121 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Sida 136 - 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 103 - Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
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 61 - 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 115 - 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 104 - 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 138 - Who by searching can find out God ; who can find out the Almighty to perfection...
Sida 80 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Sida 65 - ... angles. 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.