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... 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.
... 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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Joel Dorman Steele. COMETS ZODIACAL LIGHT III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE STARS PAGE • 206 . 217 219 • 221 234 • 234 242 • 263 THE CONSTELLATIONS NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS EQUATORIAL CONSTELLATIONS . SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS ...
Joel Dorman Steele. COMETS ZODIACAL LIGHT III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE STARS PAGE • 206 . 217 219 • 221 234 • 234 242 • 263 THE CONSTELLATIONS NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS EQUATORIAL CONSTELLATIONS . SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS ...
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... comets in their immense sidereal journeys , marking their paths to a nicety of which we can scarcely conceive , and at last it has analyzed the structure of the sun and far - off stars , announ- cing the very elements of which they are ...
... comets in their immense sidereal journeys , marking their paths to a nicety of which we can scarcely conceive , and at last it has analyzed the structure of the sun and far - off stars , announ- cing the very elements of which they are ...
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... comets whose orbits have been computed , and over two hundred of which little is known . 7. The Zodiacal Light . HOW WE ARE TO IMAGINE THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO OUR- SELVES . - We are to think of it as suspended in space ; being held up , not ...
... comets whose orbits have been computed , and over two hundred of which little is known . 7. The Zodiacal Light . HOW WE ARE TO IMAGINE THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO OUR- SELVES . - We are to think of it as suspended in space ; being held up , not ...
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... comets , rushing across the planetary orbits at irregular intervals of time and space ; and finally , shooting - stars and meteors darting hither and thither , interweaving all in apparently inextri- cable confusion . To make the ...
... comets , rushing across the planetary orbits at irregular intervals of time and space ; and finally , shooting - stars and meteors darting hither and thither , interweaving all in apparently inextri- cable confusion . To make the ...
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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