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... AND GEOLOGY . " The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth his handy - work . " PSALM XIX . 1 . DY A. S. BARNES & COMPANY , NEW YORK AND CHICAGO . 1873 . THE FOURTEEN WEEKS ' COURSES IN NATURAL SCIENCE , BY.
... AND GEOLOGY . " The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament showeth his handy - work . " PSALM XIX . 1 . DY A. S. BARNES & COMPANY , NEW YORK AND CHICAGO . 1873 . THE FOURTEEN WEEKS ' COURSES IN NATURAL SCIENCE , BY.
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... Heavens .. .Guillemin . Astronomy Chambers . Introduction to Astronomy . .Hind . Solar System ... .Hind . Popular Astronomy . .Airy . Popular Astronomy ... Arago . .Norton . Astronomy Astronomy Astronomy Age of Fable . Poetry of Science ...
... Heavens .. .Guillemin . Astronomy Chambers . Introduction to Astronomy . .Hind . Solar System ... .Hind . Popular Astronomy . .Airy . Popular Astronomy ... Arago . .Norton . Astronomy Astronomy Astronomy Age of Fable . Poetry of Science ...
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... heavens should be shown to the class . No description or apparatus can equal the reality in the sky . After a ... heavenly bodies at any time , WHITALL'S MOVABLE PLANISPHERE is of great service . It may be procured of the publishers of ...
... heavens should be shown to the class . No description or apparatus can equal the reality in the sky . After a ... heavenly bodies at any time , WHITALL'S MOVABLE PLANISPHERE is of great service . It may be procured of the publishers of ...
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... Heavenly Bodies - the sun , moon , planets , stars , and , as our globe itself is a planet , of the earth also . It is , above ... Heavens to an Observer.— The great dome of the sky filled with glittering stars is one of the most sublime ...
... Heavenly Bodies - the sun , moon , planets , stars , and , as our globe itself is a planet , of the earth also . It is , above ... Heavens to an Observer.— The great dome of the sky filled with glittering stars is one of the most sublime ...
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... heavens . Two hundred genera- tions of study have revealed to us such startling facts , that we wonder how man in his feebleness can grasp so much , see so far , and penetrate so deeply into the mysteries of the universe . Astron- omy ...
... heavens . Two hundred genera- tions of study have revealed to us such startling facts , that we wonder how man in his feebleness can grasp so much , see so far , and penetrate so deeply into the mysteries of the universe . Astron- omy ...
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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