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... worlds into a form that may attract the attention and kindle the enthusiasm of the pupil . The work is not written for the information of scien- tific men , but for the inspiration of youth . The pages therefore are not burdened with a ...
... worlds into a form that may attract the attention and kindle the enthusiasm of the pupil . The work is not written for the information of scien- tific men , but for the inspiration of youth . The pages therefore are not burdened with a ...
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... worlds , and strive to comprehend their enormous distances , their magnificent retinue of suns . The powers of the mind are aroused , and eager questionings crowd upon us . What are those glittering fires ? What their distances from us ...
... worlds , and strive to comprehend their enormous distances , their magnificent retinue of suns . The powers of the mind are aroused , and eager questionings crowd upon us . What are those glittering fires ? What their distances from us ...
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... world . Here flourished all the sciences and arts , under the patronage of munificent kings . At this school Ptol- emy , a Grecian , wrote his great work , the " Alma- gest , " which for fourteen centuries was the text- book of ...
... world . Here flourished all the sciences and arts , under the patronage of munificent kings . At this school Ptol- emy , a Grecian , wrote his great work , the " Alma- gest , " which for fourteen centuries was the text- book of ...
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... worlds He has made . Imbued with this romantic view , Kepler commenced with a rigorous comparison of the places of the planet Mars , as observed by Brahé , with the places as stated by the best tables that could be computed on the ...
... worlds He has made . Imbued with this romantic view , Kepler commenced with a rigorous comparison of the places of the planet Mars , as observed by Brahé , with the places as stated by the best tables that could be computed on the ...
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... world - life in spite of its wonder- ful distance . We shall encounter the earth in our imaginary wanderings through space , and shall ex- plain many celestial phenomena already partially familiar to us . In all these worlds we shall ...
... world - life in spite of its wonder- ful distance . We shall encounter the earth in our imaginary wanderings through space , and shall ex- plain many celestial phenomena already partially familiar to us . In all these worlds we shall ...
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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