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... day and night , at the rate of thirty miles an hour , would require 341 ... solar depot at the end of the route . Yet this enormous distance of ... day as brilliant as one of cloudless sunshine . THE HEAT OF THE SUN . - The amount of heat ...
... day and night , at the rate of thirty miles an hour , would require 341 ... solar depot at the end of the route . Yet this enormous distance of ... day as brilliant as one of cloudless sunshine . THE HEAT OF THE SUN . - The amount of heat ...
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... day by using a smoked glass . The disk will appear to us perfectly distinct ... solar spots . - The nat- ural purity of the sun seems to have been formerly ... SOLAR SYSTEM .
... day by using a smoked glass . The disk will appear to us perfectly distinct ... solar spots . - The nat- ural purity of the sun seems to have been formerly ... SOLAR SYSTEM .
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... day , both at rising and setting , we saw the like , which spot to me ... days , on 372 of which there were no spots seen . As many as two hundred spots have been noticed at one time . They are found in two belts , one on ... SOLAR SYSTEM .
... day , both at rising and setting , we saw the like , which spot to me ... days , on 372 of which there were no spots seen . As many as two hundred spots have been noticed at one time . They are found in two belts , one on ... SOLAR SYSTEM .
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... days it reappears , changed in form perhaps , but generally recognizable . The spots change their rapidity and apparent form as they pass across the disk . - A spot is seen on the eastern limb ; day ... SOLAR SYSTEM .
... days it reappears , changed in form perhaps , but generally recognizable . The spots change their rapidity and apparent form as they pass across the disk . - A spot is seen on the eastern limb ; day ... SOLAR SYSTEM .
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Joel Dorman Steele. and the solar spots by assuming that there are vast numbers of meteors revolving around the sun ... day and night , · temperature of the climate , the number of its moons , and many other interesting facts , showing ...
Joel Dorman Steele. and the solar spots by assuming that there are vast numbers of meteors revolving around the sun ... day and night , · temperature of the climate , the number of its moons , and many other interesting facts , showing ...
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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