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... entire mastery . Venus foretold love ; Mars , war ; the Pleiades , * storms at sea . The ignorant were not alone the dupes of this visionary system . Lord Bacon be- lieved in it most firmly . As late even as the reign of Charles II ...
... entire mastery . Venus foretold love ; Mars , war ; the Pleiades , * storms at sea . The ignorant were not alone the dupes of this visionary system . Lord Bacon be- lieved in it most firmly . As late even as the reign of Charles II ...
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... entire diameter of the earth's orbit , so that if we should draw two parallel lines , one from each end of the earth's orbit , to the sphere , although these lines would be 183,000,000 miles apart , yet they would be extended so far ...
... entire diameter of the earth's orbit , so that if we should draw two parallel lines , one from each end of the earth's orbit , to the sphere , although these lines would be 183,000,000 miles apart , yet they would be extended so far ...
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... entire week . On the day of the eclipse in 1858 , a spot over 107,000 miles broad was distinctly seen , and attracted general attention in this country . Some who read this paragraph will doubtless recall its ap- pearance . In 1839 ...
... entire week . On the day of the eclipse in 1858 , a spot over 107,000 miles broad was distinctly seen , and attracted general attention in this country . Some who read this paragraph will doubtless recall its ap- pearance . In 1839 ...
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... entire revolution . To do this requires , as we have said , about two days . A revolution from a around to a ' is called a synodic , and one from a around to a again is called a sidereal revolution . The spots apparently do not always ...
... entire revolution . To do this requires , as we have said , about two days . A revolution from a around to a ' is called a synodic , and one from a around to a again is called a sidereal revolution . The spots apparently do not always ...
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... entire disk of the sun is covered with minute shady dots , giving it a mottled appear- ance not unlike that of the skin of an orange , though less coarse . Under a large telescope the surface seems to be entirely made up of luminous ...
... entire disk of the sun is covered with minute shady dots , giving it a mottled appear- ance not unlike that of the skin of an orange , though less coarse . Under a large telescope the surface seems to be entirely made up of luminous ...
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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