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... bodies belong to two classes which are very different as regards their relation to our earth . Those nearest to us form a sort of colony far removed from all the others , called the solar sys- tem . The principal bodies of this system ...
... bodies belong to two classes which are very different as regards their relation to our earth . Those nearest to us form a sort of colony far removed from all the others , called the solar sys- tem . The principal bodies of this system ...
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... bodies to which our attention is directed in the present work . If we are asked what they are , we may reply that the stars are suns . But we might equally well say that the sun is one of the stars ; a small star , indeed , surrounded ...
... bodies to which our attention is directed in the present work . If we are asked what they are , we may reply that the stars are suns . But we might equally well say that the sun is one of the stars ; a small star , indeed , surrounded ...
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... the minor planet Eros , whose orbit passes through that of Mars , as one link of a chain passes through another , and which comes nearer the earth at certain times than any other celestial body 8 REVIEW OF RECENT PROGRESS.
... the minor planet Eros , whose orbit passes through that of Mars , as one link of a chain passes through another , and which comes nearer the earth at certain times than any other celestial body 8 REVIEW OF RECENT PROGRESS.
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... body , the moon excepted . When the character of the orbit became established , it was of interest to know whether ... bodies was made within . the memory of the present generation , its results have been only less epoch - making than ...
... body , the moon excepted . When the character of the orbit became established , it was of interest to know whether ... bodies was made within . the memory of the present generation , its results have been only less epoch - making than ...
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... body . The spec- troscopist can therefore draw conclusions as to the constitution and motion of the most distant ... bodies by the light which they emitted . For this purpose the tele- scope could be used as a camera . The first ...
... body . The spec- troscopist can therefore draw conclusions as to the constitution and motion of the most distant ... bodies by the light which they emitted . For this purpose the tele- scope could be used as a camera . The first ...
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actual Algol apical motion appear Aquila astronomers average Beta Lyræ binary systems body bright lines brighter stars brightest brilliancy catalogue celestial sphere centre century chapter cluster colour components conclusion constellation dark lines density determined direction distance double stars earth eclipses emitted equal Eta Aquila fact faint fainter follows galaxy greater Harvard Observatory heavens Herschel hydrogen hydrogen lines increase Kapteyn latter less Lick Observatory limit lucid stars mass measured Milky naked eye nearly nebula number of stars observations Observatory orbit Orion parallactic motion parallax period photographic Pickering planet pole position proper motion question R. A. Dec radial motion ratio remarkable revolving round right ascension seems seen Sirius sixth magnitude solar apex space spectra spectroscope spectroscopic binary spectrum square degrees star-density stellar supposed surface telescope temperature tion tude UNIVERS universe variable stars variation velocity visible wave-length zone
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Page 284 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 224 - Tis ours to trace him only in our own. He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into system runs, What other planets circle other suns, What varied being peoples every star, May tell why Heaven has made us as we are.
Page 333 - The book is cleverly written and is one of the best works of its kind ever put before the public. It will be interesting to all readers, and especially to those interested in the study of science.
Page 26 - Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung , Silence was...
Page 121 - It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men...
Page 262 - To God's eternal house direct the way A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars...