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... 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 . The geometrical ...
... 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 . The geometrical ...
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... SEASONS • 89 96 110 PRECESSION AND NUTATION 120 REFRACTION , ABERRATION AND PARALLAX ALLAX 130 THE MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS • 165 . 168 ...
... SEASONS • 89 96 110 PRECESSION AND NUTATION 120 REFRACTION , ABERRATION AND PARALLAX ALLAX 130 THE MOON 139 ECLIPSES • 155 THE TIDES MARS THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE SHOOTING METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS • 165 . 168 ...
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... far , and penetrate so deeply into the mysteries of the universe . Astron- omy has measured the distance of many of the stars , and of all the planets ; computed their weight and size , their days , years , and seasons , 14 INTRODUCTION .
... far , and penetrate so deeply into the mysteries of the universe . Astron- omy has measured the distance of many of the stars , and of all the planets ; computed their weight and size , their days , years , and seasons , 14 INTRODUCTION .
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Joel Dorman Steele. size , their days , years , and seasons , with many of their physical features ; made a map of the moon , in some respects more perfect than any map of the earth ; tracked the comets in their immense sidereal journeys ...
Joel Dorman Steele. size , their days , years , and seasons , with many of their physical features ; made a map of the moon , in some respects more perfect than any map of the earth ; tracked the comets in their immense sidereal journeys ...
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... season in the country , on account of the plague which prevailed at Cambridge , his place of resi- dence . One day , while sitting in a garden , an apple chanced to fall to the ground near him . Reflecting upon the strange power that ...
... season in the country , on account of the plague which prevailed at Cambridge , his place of resi- dence . One day , while sitting in a garden , an apple chanced to fall to the ground near him . Reflecting upon the strange power that ...
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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