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... 155 The Tides . . . . . . .165 Mars 168 The Minor Planets . . . .172 Jupiter .... ...
175 Saturn 182 Uranus .189 Neptune 191 VtETEORS AND SHOOTING STARS .
. 194 VAGI COMETS 206 ZODIACAL LIGHT 217 III. THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM.
... 155 The Tides . . . . . . .165 Mars 168 The Minor Planets . . . .172 Jupiter .... ...
175 Saturn 182 Uranus .189 Neptune 191 VtETEORS AND SHOOTING STARS .
. 194 VAGI COMETS 206 ZODIACAL LIGHT 217 III. THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM.
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THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . . 219 THE STARS 221 THE CONSTELLATIONS 234
Northern Circumpolar Constellations . 234 Equatorial Constellations . . . .242
Southern Constellations .... 263 DOUBLE STARS, COLORED STARS, VARIABLE
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THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . . 219 THE STARS 221 THE CONSTELLATIONS 234
Northern Circumpolar Constellations . 234 Equatorial Constellations . . . .242
Southern Constellations .... 263 DOUBLE STARS, COLORED STARS, VARIABLE
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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, marking their paths to a ...
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, marking their paths to a ...
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The Equinoctial System is largely used by modern astronomers, and
accompanies the Equatorial Telescope, Sidereal Clock, and Chronographs of the
best Observatories. III. The Ecliptic System. (a) The Principal Circle is the Ecliptic.
This is ...
The Equinoctial System is largely used by modern astronomers, and
accompanies the Equatorial Telescope, Sidereal Clock, and Chronographs of the
best Observatories. III. The Ecliptic System. (a) The Principal Circle is the Ecliptic.
This is ...
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... sun revolves on its axis : indeed, they are the precise effects which the laws of
perspective demand in that case. Y About twenty-seven. CHANGE IN SPOTS AS
THEY CROSS THE DISK. X Synodic and sidereal revolution of the spots. — We.
... sun revolves on its axis : indeed, they are the precise effects which the laws of
perspective demand in that case. Y About twenty-seven. CHANGE IN SPOTS AS
THEY CROSS THE DISK. X Synodic and sidereal revolution of the spots. — We.
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| Title | Fourteen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy Fourteen weeks courses in natural science |
| Author | Joel Dorman Steele |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes & Company, 1873 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Oct 2010 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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