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Page 49
... the planets steadily in their places ; while it fills the mind with an indescribable awe as we think of that Being who made the sun , and holds it in the very palm of his hand . The density of the sun is only about one - THE SUN . 49.
... the planets steadily in their places ; while it fills the mind with an indescribable awe as we think of that Being who made the sun , and holds it in the very palm of his hand . The density of the sun is only about one - THE SUN . 49.
Page 50
Joel Dorman Steele. The density of the sun is only about one - fourth that of the earth , or 1.43 that of water , so that the weight of a body transferred from the earth to the sun would not be increased in proportion to the comparative ...
Joel Dorman Steele. The density of the sun is only about one - fourth that of the earth , or 1.43 that of water , so that the weight of a body transferred from the earth to the sun would not be increased in proportion to the comparative ...
Page 67
... density of the first group consid- erably exceeds that of the second , the approximate ratio being 5 : 1 . 3. The mean duration of the axial rotations , or mean length of the day of the interior planets , is much longer than that of the ...
... density of the first group consid- erably exceeds that of the second , the approximate ratio being 5 : 1 . 3. The mean duration of the axial rotations , or mean length of the day of the interior planets , is much longer than that of the ...
Page 73
... density heavier than that of the earth to one nearly that of cork . The tem- perature sweeps downward through a scale of over Fig . 18 . MERCURY NEPTUNE URANUS SATURN JUPITER VENUS MNEMOSYNE CARTH LONA MARS cannot conceive of any polar ...
... density heavier than that of the earth to one nearly that of cork . The tem- perature sweeps downward through a scale of over Fig . 18 . MERCURY NEPTUNE URANUS SATURN JUPITER VENUS MNEMOSYNE CARTH LONA MARS cannot conceive of any polar ...
Page 92
... density is about the same . A stone let fall upon its surface would fall 14 feet in the first second : a pound weight removed to its. EXTREME , MEAN , AND LEAST APPARENT SIZE OF VENUS . VENUS AT ITS SOLSTICE . CRESCENT AND SPOTS OF VENUS.
... density is about the same . A stone let fall upon its surface would fall 14 feet in the first second : a pound weight removed to its. EXTREME , MEAN , AND LEAST APPARENT SIZE OF VENUS . VENUS AT ITS SOLSTICE . CRESCENT AND SPOTS OF VENUS.
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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