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... color and brilliancy . Some shine with a vivid light , perpetually changing and twinkling ; others , more constant , beam tranquilly and softly upon us ; while many just tremble into our sight , like a wave that , struggling to reach ...
... color and brilliancy . Some shine with a vivid light , perpetually changing and twinkling ; others , more constant , beam tranquilly and softly upon us ; while many just tremble into our sight , like a wave that , struggling to reach ...
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... color and lightly drawn over the bed of the sea . THE ROTUNDITY OF THE EARTH . - This is shown in various ways , among which are the following : ( 1 ) By the fact that vessels have sailed around the earth ; * 66 * It is curious , in ...
... color and lightly drawn over the bed of the sea . THE ROTUNDITY OF THE EARTH . - This is shown in various ways , among which are the following : ( 1 ) By the fact that vessels have sailed around the earth ; * 66 * It is curious , in ...
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... colors , but only sharp outlines of sun and shade . 66 What a bleak waste ! A barren , voiceless desert ! The nights , however , of the visible hemisphere must be brilliantly illuminated by the earth , while its phases serve well as a ...
... colors , but only sharp outlines of sun and shade . 66 What a bleak waste ! A barren , voiceless desert ! The nights , however , of the visible hemisphere must be brilliantly illuminated by the earth , while its phases serve well as a ...
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... the Virgin Mary . Flames of a blood - red color play around the disk of the moon , and when only a mere crescent of the sun is Fig . 50 . ECLIPSE OF 1858 visible , it seems to resolve itself into bright spots. 158 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... the Virgin Mary . Flames of a blood - red color play around the disk of the moon , and when only a mere crescent of the sun is Fig . 50 . ECLIPSE OF 1858 visible , it seems to resolve itself into bright spots. 158 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
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... color depend upon the state of the air at the time . HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF ECLIPSES . - The earliest account of an eclipse on record is in the Chinese annals ; it is thought to be the solar eclipse of Octo- ber 13 , 2127 B. C. On May ...
... color depend upon the state of the air at the time . HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF ECLIPSES . - The earliest account of an eclipse on record is in the Chinese annals ; it is thought to be the solar eclipse of Octo- ber 13 , 2127 B. C. On May ...
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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