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... direction as the sun , then going apparently behind the sun , appeared to pass on again in a course directly opposite . At one time she would recede from the sun more and more slowly and coyly , until she would appear to be entirely ...
... direction as the sun , then going apparently behind the sun , appeared to pass on again in a course directly opposite . At one time she would recede from the sun more and more slowly and coyly , until she would appear to be entirely ...
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... He noticed how constantly , when we are riding swiftly , we forget our own motion , and think that the trees and fences are gliding by us in * Ple ' - ya - dez . the contrary direction . He applied this thought to the HISTORY . 23.
... He noticed how constantly , when we are riding swiftly , we forget our own motion , and think that the trees and fences are gliding by us in * Ple ' - ya - dez . the contrary direction . He applied this thought to the HISTORY . 23.
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Joel Dorman Steele. the contrary direction . He applied this thought to the movements of the heavenly bodies , and main- tained that , instead of all the starry host revolving about the earth once in twenty - four hours , the earth ...
Joel Dorman Steele. the contrary direction . He applied this thought to the movements of the heavenly bodies , and main- tained that , instead of all the starry host revolving about the earth once in twenty - four hours , the earth ...
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... direction without bounds or measures . We look up to the heavens and try to locate some object among the mazes of the stars . We are bewildered , and immediately feel the neces- sity of some system of measurement . Let us try to ...
... direction without bounds or measures . We look up to the heavens and try to locate some object among the mazes of the stars . We are bewildered , and immediately feel the neces- sity of some system of measurement . Let us try to ...
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... direction from that is reckoned South , and every direction toward that is reckoned North , however it may conflict with our ideas of the points of the compass . The Equinoxes are the points where the Equi- noctial and the Ecliptic ...
... direction from that is reckoned South , and every direction toward that is reckoned North , however it may conflict with our ideas of the points of the compass . The Equinoxes are the points where the Equi- noctial and the Ecliptic ...
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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