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... star maps here offered will present a welcome substitute . The geometrical figures showing the actual appearance of ... stars only are given , since in practice it is found that pupils remember the general outlines alone . Finally , the ...
... star maps here offered will present a welcome substitute . The geometrical figures showing the actual appearance of ... stars only are given , since in practice it is found that pupils remember the general outlines alone . Finally , the ...
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... STARS , COLORED STARS , VARIABLE STARS , CLUSTERS , MAGELLANIC CLOUDS , NEBULÆ , & c . THE MILKY WAY THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS CELESTIAL CHEMISTRY . - SPECTRUM ANALYSIS TIME · CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS APPENDIX TABLES • QUESTIONS · GUIDE TO ...
... STARS , COLORED STARS , VARIABLE STARS , CLUSTERS , MAGELLANIC CLOUDS , NEBULÆ , & c . THE MILKY WAY THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS CELESTIAL CHEMISTRY . - SPECTRUM ANALYSIS TIME · CELESTIAL MEASUREMENTS APPENDIX TABLES • QUESTIONS · GUIDE TO ...
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... stars is one of the most sublime spectacles in nature . To enjoy this fully , a night must be chosen when the air is clear , and the moon is absent . We then gaze upon a deep blue , an immense expanse studded with stars of varied color ...
... stars is one of the most sublime spectacles in nature . To enjoy this fully , a night must be chosen when the air is clear , and the moon is absent . We then gaze upon a deep blue , an immense expanse studded with stars of varied color ...
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... stars , announ- cing the very elements of which they are composed . Observing for several evenings those stars which shine with a clear distinct light , we notice that they change their position with respect to the others . They are ...
... stars , announ- cing the very elements of which they are composed . Observing for several evenings those stars which shine with a clear distinct light , we notice that they change their position with respect to the others . They are ...
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... stars merely for purposes of soothsaying and prophecy . They pro- fessed to foretell the future by the appearance of the planets or stars . All of the ancient astronomers shared more or less in this superstition . Tiberius , emperor of ...
... stars merely for purposes of soothsaying and prophecy . They pro- fessed to foretell the future by the appearance of the planets or stars . All of the ancient astronomers shared more or less in this superstition . Tiberius , emperor 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