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... ALLAX 130 THE MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS • 165 . 168 172 . 175 182 . 189 191 . 194 COMETS ZODIACAL LIGHT III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE.
... ALLAX 130 THE MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS • 165 . 168 172 . 175 182 . 189 191 . 194 COMETS ZODIACAL LIGHT III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE.
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... Saturn and Jupiter take the bass , Mars the tenor , Earth and Venus the counter , and Mercury the treble . This shows what a streak of folly or superstition may run through the character of the noblest man . However , as John- son says ...
... Saturn and Jupiter take the bass , Mars the tenor , Earth and Venus the counter , and Mercury the treble . This shows what a streak of folly or superstition may run through the character of the noblest man . However , as John- son says ...
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... Saturn ; two luminaries , the Sun and Moon ; and Mercury alone , undecided and indifferent . From which , and from many other phenomena of Nature , such as the seven metals , etc. , we gather that the number of planets is necessarily ...
... Saturn ; two luminaries , the Sun and Moon ; and Mercury alone , undecided and indifferent . From which , and from many other phenomena of Nature , such as the seven metals , etc. , we gather that the number of planets is necessarily ...
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... Saturn , Uranus , Neptune . 3. The minor planets , at present one hundred and seventeen in number . ( The paths of some extend a little outside the Zodiac . ) 4. The satellites or moons , eighteen in number , which re- volve around the ...
... Saturn , Uranus , Neptune . 3. The minor planets , at present one hundred and seventeen in number . ( The paths of some extend a little outside the Zodiac . ) 4. The satellites or moons , eighteen in number , which re- volve around the ...
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... Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune to the exterior group , we shall find that they differ in the following respects : 1. The interior planets , with the exception of the earth , are not , so far as we know , attended by any satellite , while ...
... Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune to the exterior group , we shall find that they differ in the following respects : 1. The interior planets , with the exception of the earth , are not , so far as we know , attended by any satellite , while ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appear Aries astronomers atmosphere axis Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause Celestial Sphere centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light luminous lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune night node north pole Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces polar Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shine side sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system solstice space spots summer sun's surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible winter Zodiac