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... VENUS THE EARTH THE SEASONS • 89 96 110 PRECESSION AND NUTATION 120 REFRACTION , ABERRATION AND PARALLAX ALLAX 130 THE MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING ...
... VENUS THE EARTH THE SEASONS • 89 96 110 PRECESSION AND NUTATION 120 REFRACTION , ABERRATION AND PARALLAX ALLAX 130 THE MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING ...
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... Venus is both morning and evening star ; that the planets are inhabited — and he even attempted to calculate the size of some of the animals in the moon ; that the planets are placed at intervals cor- responding to the scale in music ...
... Venus is both morning and evening star ; that the planets are inhabited — and he even attempted to calculate the size of some of the animals in the moon ; that the planets are placed at intervals cor- responding to the scale in music ...
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... Venus , for instance , was sometimes seen as " evening star " in the west , and then again as " morning star " in the east . Sometimes she seemed to be moving in the same direction as the sun , then going apparently behind the sun ...
... Venus , for instance , was sometimes seen as " evening star " in the west , and then again as " morning star " in the east . Sometimes she seemed to be moving in the same direction as the sun , then going apparently behind the sun ...
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... Venus is tied , DE another bar for Mercury , F G another bar , with still another short crank , at the end of which , H , Mars is attached . S THE PTOLEMAIC THEORY . B Thus they had a complete system . They did not exactly understand ...
... Venus is tied , DE another bar for Mercury , F G another bar , with still another short crank , at the end of which , H , Mars is attached . S THE PTOLEMAIC THEORY . B Thus they had a complete system . They did not exactly understand ...
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... Venus foretold love ; Mars , war ; the Pleiades , * storms at sea . The ignorant were not alone the dupes of this visionary system . Lord Bacon be- lieved in it most firmly . As late even as the reign of Charles II . , Lilly , a famous ...
... Venus foretold love ; Mars , war ; the Pleiades , * storms at sea . The ignorant were not alone the dupes of this visionary system . Lord Bacon be- lieved in it most firmly . As late even as the reign of Charles II . , Lilly , a famous ...
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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