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... diameter of the earth's orbit , so that if we should draw two parallel lines , one from each end of the earth's orbit , to the Celestial Sphere , although these lines would be nearly 186,000,000 miles apart , yet they would appear to ...
... diameter of the earth's orbit , so that if we should draw two parallel lines , one from each end of the earth's orbit , to the Celestial Sphere , although these lines would be nearly 186,000,000 miles apart , yet they would appear to ...
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... diameter of the earth . No two places have the same sensible horizon : any two , on opposite sides of the earth , have the same rational horizon . P Fig . 7 . H E Z Ζ ' S ( b ) The Subordinate Cir- cles are the Prime Verti- cal circle ...
... diameter of the earth . No two places have the same sensible horizon : any two , on opposite sides of the earth , have the same rational horizon . P Fig . 7 . H E Z Ζ ' S ( b ) The Subordinate Cir- cles are the Prime Verti- cal circle ...
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... diameter and 200,000 miles long were plunged , end first , into the sun , it would melt in a second of time . Apparent Size . — The sun appears to be a little over half a degree in diameter , so that 337 solar disks , laid side by side ...
... diameter and 200,000 miles long were plunged , end first , into the sun , it would melt in a second of time . Apparent Size . — The sun appears to be a little over half a degree in diameter , so that 337 solar disks , laid side by side ...
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New Descriptive Astronomy Joel Dorman Steele. Dimensions . Its diameter is about 866,000 miles . * Let us try to understand this amount by comparison . A ... diameter . stretch off in every direction nearly 200,000 miles beyond . THE SUN .
New Descriptive Astronomy Joel Dorman Steele. Dimensions . Its diameter is about 866,000 miles . * Let us try to understand this amount by comparison . A ... diameter . stretch off in every direction nearly 200,000 miles beyond . THE SUN .
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... diameter . Sir J. W. Herschel calculated that one which he saw was 50,000 miles in diameter . In 1843 , one was seen which was 75,000 miles across , and was visible to the naked eye for an entire week . † On the day of the eclipse in ...
... diameter . Sir J. W. Herschel calculated that one which he saw was 50,000 miles in diameter . In 1843 , one was seen which was 75,000 miles across , and was visible to the naked eye for an entire week . † On the day of the eclipse in ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appearance Aries astronomers atmosphere autumnal equinox axis Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause Celestial Sphere Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark Describe diameter disk distance earth earth's orbit east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial fixed stars globe heat heavenly bodies heavens Hercules horizon inferior planet Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean measured Mercury meridian meteors moon moon's motion move MYTHOLOGICAL naked eye nearly nebula Neptune night node north pole observations Orion parallax pass path perihelion Perseus polar Polaris precession rays revolve rings rising rotation satellites Saturn seasons seen shine sidereal Sirius solar day solar system space spectrum spots sun's superior planet surface tail Taurus telescope theory tide tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible zenith Zodiac zone
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Page 227 - Back comes the Chief in triumph. Who, in the hour of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.
Page 112 - While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Page 257 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page vii - God, That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Page 295 - The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails.
Page 216 - Her nails are sharpen'd into pointed claws, Her hands bear half her weight, and turn to paws ; Her lips, that once could tempt a god, begin To grow distorted in an ugly grin. And...
Page 284 - I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy Earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...
Page 264 - A solar day is the interval between two successive passages of the sun across the meridian of any place.
Page 24 - Law of gravitation: Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force varying directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them.
Page 19 - If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it. The die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.