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... This magnificent panorama of the heavens is before us , inviting our study , and waiting to make known to us the grandest revelations of science . DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY . HISTORY . ASTRONOMY is the most ancient INTRODUCTION . 15.
... This magnificent panorama of the heavens is before us , inviting our study , and waiting to make known to us the grandest revelations of science . DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY . HISTORY . ASTRONOMY is the most ancient INTRODUCTION . 15.
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Joel Dorman Steele. DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY . HISTORY . ASTRONOMY is the most ancient of all sciences . The study of the stars is doubtless as old as man himself , and hence many of its discoveries date back of authentic records , amid the ...
Joel Dorman Steele. DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY . HISTORY . ASTRONOMY is the most ancient of all sciences . The study of the stars is doubtless as old as man himself , and hence many of its discoveries date back of authentic records , amid the ...
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... ancient history as having terminated a war between the Medes and Lydians . These nations were engaged in a fierce battle , but the awe produced by the darkening of the sun was so great , that both sides threw down their arms and made ...
... ancient history as having terminated a war between the Medes and Lydians . These nations were engaged in a fierce battle , but the awe produced by the darkening of the sun was so great , that both sides threw down their arms and made ...
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... 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 moving in the same direction as the sun , then going ...
... 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 moving in the same direction as the sun , then going ...
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... ancient astronomers shared more or less in this superstition . Tiberius , emperor of Rome , practised Astrology . Hippoc- rates himself , the " Father of Medicine " who flour- ished in the 4th century B. C. , ranked it among the most ...
... ancient astronomers shared more or less in this superstition . Tiberius , emperor of Rome , practised Astrology . Hippoc- rates himself , the " Father of Medicine " who flour- ished in the 4th century B. C. , ranked it among the most ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appearance Aries astronomers atmosphere axis body Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk Draco earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune node north pole orbit Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces planet Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shadow shines shower sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system space spots summer sun's superior planet surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible zodiac