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... east to west in 24 hours , while the Moon , the planets , and the Sun had other motions of less regularity , but all acknow- ledging Earth as their centre . Other Egyptian Astronomers soon discovered , that the motions of Mercury and ...
... east to west in 24 hours , while the Moon , the planets , and the Sun had other motions of less regularity , but all acknow- ledging Earth as their centre . Other Egyptian Astronomers soon discovered , that the motions of Mercury and ...
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... east , receiving light from that luminary , and shinin only by reflected light . What is ASTRONOMY ? How may it be divided ? What is des criptive astronomy ? What is physical astronomy ? What is practical astronomy ? What are called ...
... east , receiving light from that luminary , and shinin only by reflected light . What is ASTRONOMY ? How may it be divided ? What is des criptive astronomy ? What is physical astronomy ? What is practical astronomy ? What are called ...
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... east under the Equator , would have the Sun arrive at the meridian , one hour earlier for every 1040 miles over which he travelled . The earth has been frequently circum- navigated . A ship going out to sea , has its hull , or lowest ...
... east under the Equator , would have the Sun arrive at the meridian , one hour earlier for every 1040 miles over which he travelled . The earth has been frequently circum- navigated . A ship going out to sea , has its hull , or lowest ...
Sida 18
... east , and once a year it accom- panies its primary round the Sun. The Moon is a dark body , shining only by reflection . This is proved , from its varying phases , and its eclipses ; topics to be resumed in a future chapter . Light is ...
... east , and once a year it accom- panies its primary round the Sun. The Moon is a dark body , shining only by reflection . This is proved , from its varying phases , and its eclipses ; topics to be resumed in a future chapter . Light is ...
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... east to north west , round the Earth . Doubtless , these satellites exhibit the Creator's wisdom and benevolence , like his other works . The fact , that they may be re- volving in a way to have some of them always above the horizon ...
... east to north west , round the Earth . Doubtless , these satellites exhibit the Creator's wisdom and benevolence , like his other works . The fact , that they may be re- volving in a way to have some of them always above the horizon ...
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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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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.