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... Moon , Eclipses , the Seasons , Phases of the Moon , Time , Nebular Hypothesis , & c . To teachers heretofore compelled to use a cum- bersome set of charts , it is hoped that the star maps here offered will present a welcome substitute ...
... Moon , Eclipses , the Seasons , Phases of the Moon , Time , Nebular Hypothesis , & c . To teachers heretofore compelled to use a cum- bersome set of charts , it is hoped that the star maps here offered will present a welcome substitute ...
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... Moon , etc. Messrs . A. S. Barnes & Co. , New York City , furnish a good instru- ment at a low price . The article on " Celestial Measurements , " near the close of the work , should be constantly referred to dur- ing the term . In the ...
... Moon , etc. Messrs . A. S. Barnes & Co. , New York City , furnish a good instru- ment at a low price . The article on " Celestial Measurements , " near the close of the work , should be constantly referred to dur- ing the term . In the ...
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... MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS • 165 . 168 172 . 175 182 . 189 191 . 194 COMETS ZODIACAL LIGHT III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE.
... MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS • 165 . 168 172 . 175 182 . 189 191 . 194 COMETS ZODIACAL LIGHT III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE.
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... moon , planets , stars , and , as our 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 ...
... moon , planets , stars , and , as our 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 ...
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... moon , in some respects more perfect than any map of the earth ; tracked the comets in their immense sidereal journeys , marking their paths to a nicety of which we can scarcely conceive , and at last it has analyzed the structure of ...
... moon , in some respects more perfect than any map of the earth ; tracked the comets in their immense sidereal journeys , marking their paths to a nicety of which we can scarcely conceive , and at last it has analyzed the structure of ...
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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