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... Celestial Measurements , " near the close of the work , should be constantly referred to dur- ing the term . In the figures , the right - hand side represents the west and the left - hand the east . When it is important to obtain this ...
... Celestial Measurements , " near the close of the work , should be constantly referred to dur- ing the term . In the figures , the right - hand side represents the west and the left - hand the east . When it is important to obtain this ...
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Joel Dorman Steele. TABLE OF CONTENTS . CELESTIAL MAP . I. INTRODUCTION . PAGE SPACE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY THE THREE SYSTEMS OF CIRCLES SYSTEMS CIRCLES 16 35 37 II . THE SOLAR SYSTEM 43 THE SUN 46 THE PLANETS 65 VULCAN 82 MERCURY 83 VENUS ...
Joel Dorman Steele. TABLE OF CONTENTS . CELESTIAL MAP . I. INTRODUCTION . PAGE SPACE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY THE THREE SYSTEMS OF CIRCLES SYSTEMS CIRCLES 16 35 37 II . THE SOLAR SYSTEM 43 THE SUN 46 THE PLANETS 65 VULCAN 82 MERCURY 83 VENUS ...
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... CELESTIAL CHEMISTRY . - SPECTRUM ANALYSIS TIME · CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS APPENDIX TABLES • QUESTIONS · GUIDE TO THE CONSTELLATIONS INDEX . . 265 280 • 282 284 288 298 311 · 312 315 • 331 335 INTRODUCTION . ASTRONOMY ( astron , a star ...
... CELESTIAL CHEMISTRY . - SPECTRUM ANALYSIS TIME · CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS APPENDIX TABLES • QUESTIONS · GUIDE TO THE CONSTELLATIONS INDEX . . 265 280 • 282 284 288 298 311 · 312 315 • 331 335 INTRODUCTION . ASTRONOMY ( astron , a star ...
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... like a wave that , struggling to reach some far - off land , dies as it touches the shore . In the presence of such weird and wondrous beauty , the . tenderest sentiments of the heart are aroused- a We feeling 1 * CELESTIAL INTRODUCTION.
... like a wave that , struggling to reach some far - off land , dies as it touches the shore . In the presence of such weird and wondrous beauty , the . tenderest sentiments of the heart are aroused- a We feeling 1 * CELESTIAL INTRODUCTION.
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... celestial ancestry , and styles himself " Son of the Sun. " They possess an account of a conjunc- tion of four planets and the moon , which must have occurred a century before the Flood . They have also the first record of an eclipse of ...
... celestial ancestry , and styles himself " Son of the Sun. " They possess an account of a conjunc- tion of four planets and the moon , which must have occurred a century before the Flood . They have also the first record of an eclipse of ...
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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