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... Theory and Practice - HOLI e ' Eeg vor strictly professione TUEND'S Teacher A DESCRIPTIVE CATAL A + Dor may be obta & COMPANY National Educational Publishers , 111 & 11 WILLIAM STREET , NEW THE WORMAN SERIES IN MODERN LANGUAGE . A ...
... Theory and Practice - HOLI e ' Eeg vor strictly professione TUEND'S Teacher A DESCRIPTIVE CATAL A + Dor may be obta & COMPANY National Educational Publishers , 111 & 11 WILLIAM STREET , NEW THE WORMAN SERIES IN MODERN LANGUAGE . A ...
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... theories and distances are based upon the most rigorous mathematical demonstrations . Thus the study has at once the beauty of poetry and the ex- actness of Geometry . The Appearance of the Heavens to an Observer.— The great dome of the ...
... theories and distances are based upon the most rigorous mathematical demonstrations . Thus the study has at once the beauty of poetry and the ex- actness of Geometry . The Appearance of the Heavens to an Observer.— The great dome of the ...
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... theory of the obliquity of the ecliptic . He also predicted an eclipse of the sun which is memorable in ancient history as having terminated a war between the Medes and Lydians . These nations were engaged in a fierce battle , but the ...
... theory of the obliquity of the ecliptic . He also predicted an eclipse of the sun which is memorable in ancient history as having terminated a war between the Medes and Lydians . These nations were engaged in a fierce battle , but the ...
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... ears of man being too gross for such divine melody . Eudoxus , who lived in the fourth century B. C. , in- vented the theory of the Crystalline Spheres . He held that the heavenly bodies are set , like gems 18 INTRODUCTION .
... ears of man being too gross for such divine melody . Eudoxus , who lived in the fourth century B. C. , in- vented the theory of the Crystalline Spheres . He held that the heavenly bodies are set , like gems 18 INTRODUCTION .
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... THEORY . - The movements of the planets were to the ancients extremely complex . Venus , for instance , was sometimes seen as " evening star " in the west , and then again as " morning star " in the east . Sometimes she seemed to be ...
... THEORY . - The movements of the planets were to the ancients extremely complex . Venus , for instance , was sometimes seen as " evening star " in the west , and then again as " morning star " in the east . Sometimes she seemed to be ...
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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