Elements of Astronomy: Descriptive and Physical ...Durrie and Peck, 1831 - 144 sidor |
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... exist there . Water may exist in small quantities . Some of these plains have conical hills rising in them , with circular cavities near the summits . Many of the highest mountains appear to have been volcanoes , and a few are ...
... exist there . Water may exist in small quantities . Some of these plains have conical hills rising in them , with circular cavities near the summits . Many of the highest mountains appear to have been volcanoes , and a few are ...
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... exist in any other planet but When was Herschel discovered ? What is its apparent dia- meter ? -real diameter ? -density ? -period of rotation ? -revo- lution ? -rate the hour ? -distance from the Sun ? -comparative light ? Are light ...
... exist in any other planet but When was Herschel discovered ? What is its apparent dia- meter ? -real diameter ? -density ? -period of rotation ? -revo- lution ? -rate the hour ? -distance from the Sun ? -comparative light ? Are light ...
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... exist in other planets , and be immeasureably diffused in the material universe . HERSCHEL'S SATELLITES . Six satellites attend the protracted journey of this most distant planet which has yet been disco- vered . The nearest , is about ...
... exist in other planets , and be immeasureably diffused in the material universe . HERSCHEL'S SATELLITES . Six satellites attend the protracted journey of this most distant planet which has yet been disco- vered . The nearest , is about ...
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... exist in that one zone ? What hypothesis is started respecting other zones of suns ? Can we set bounds to creation ? What evidence exists that new suns are created and other suns extinguished from century to century ? What distinguished ...
... exist in that one zone ? What hypothesis is started respecting other zones of suns ? Can we set bounds to creation ? What evidence exists that new suns are created and other suns extinguished from century to century ? What distinguished ...
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... exist ; without its aid all vegetation would cease . Sound could not be produced without it , nor would there be rains or dews to moisten the ground . Without an atmosphere , instead of a gradual increase and diminution of light morning ...
... exist ; without its aid all vegetation would cease . Sound could not be produced without it , nor would there be rains or dews to moisten the ground . Without an atmosphere , instead of a gradual increase and diminution of light morning ...
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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.