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... Globes , Page's Elements of Geology , · • Address A. S. BARNES & CO . , • • • 1.75 • 2.00 · 1.65 • 2.50 · 1.50 · 1.50 1.25 Educational Publishers , NEW YORK OR CHICAGO . 625-68 ENTERED according to Act of Congress , in the year 1869 ...
... Globes , Page's Elements of Geology , · • Address A. S. BARNES & CO . , • • • 1.75 • 2.00 · 1.65 • 2.50 · 1.50 · 1.50 1.25 Educational Publishers , NEW YORK OR CHICAGO . 625-68 ENTERED according to Act of Congress , in the year 1869 ...
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... globe itself is a planet , of the earth also . It is , above all others , a science that cultivates the powers of the imagination . Yet all its theories and distances are based upon the most rigorous mathematical demonstrations . Thus ...
... globe itself is a planet , of the earth also . It is , above all others , a science that cultivates the powers of the imagination . Yet all its theories and distances are based upon the most rigorous mathematical demonstrations . Thus ...
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... globes , which are so pure that they do not obstruct our view , while they all revolve around the earth . The planets are placed in one globe , but have a power of moving themselves , under the guidance - as Aristotle taught —of a ...
... globes , which are so pure that they do not obstruct our view , while they all revolve around the earth . The planets are placed in one globe , but have a power of moving themselves , under the guidance - as Aristotle taught —of a ...
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... globe , so vast as to overcome the attraction of all the planets , and compel them to circle around him ; next , the planets , each turning on its axis while it flies around the sun in an elliptical orbit ; then , accompanying these.
... globe , so vast as to overcome the attraction of all the planets , and compel them to circle around him ; next , the planets , each turning on its axis while it flies around the sun in an elliptical orbit ; then , accompanying these.
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... globe itself as the Dha- walaghiri of the Himalayas does to the earth , would have to be about six hundred miles high . Again : Suppose the sun were hollow , and the earth , as in the cut ( Fig . 4 ) , placed at the centre , not only ...
... globe itself as the Dha- walaghiri of the Himalayas does to the earth , would have to be about six hundred miles high . Again : Suppose the sun were hollow , and the earth , as in the cut ( Fig . 4 ) , placed at the centre , not only ...
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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