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... Moon , Eclipses , the Seasons , Phases of the Moon , Time , Nebular Hypothesis , and precession ( p . 230. ) To teachers heretofore compelled to use a cum- bersome set of charts , it is hoped that the star maps here offered will present ...
... Moon , Eclipses , the Seasons , Phases of the Moon , Time , Nebular Hypothesis , and precession ( p . 230. ) To teachers heretofore compelled to use a cum- bersome set of charts , it is hoped that the star maps here offered will present ...
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... Moon , etc. Messrs . A. S. Barnes & Co. , New York City , furnish a good instru- ment at a low price . The article on " Celestial Measurements , " near the close of the work , should be constantly referred to dur- ing the term . In the ...
... Moon , etc. Messrs . A. S. Barnes & Co. , New York City , furnish a good instru- ment at a low price . The article on " Celestial Measurements , " near the close of the work , should be constantly referred to dur- ing the term . In the ...
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... moon is now estimated to be about 600,000 that of the sun . Whether or not the moon radiates any heat to the earth has long been a mooted question . The best authorities , at present , estimate the average heat of the moon - beam at ...
... moon is now estimated to be about 600,000 that of the sun . Whether or not the moon radiates any heat to the earth has long been a mooted question . The best authorities , at present , estimate the average heat of the moon - beam at ...
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... MOON • ECLIPSES PAGR 6330 16 35 37 43 46 65 82 83 89 96 • I10 120 • 130 139 • • 155 THE TIDES MARS · THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER 165 168 • 172 • 175 SATURN 182 URANUS NEPTUNE · 189 191 METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS · 194 12 COMETS · TABLE OF ...
... MOON • ECLIPSES PAGR 6330 16 35 37 43 46 65 82 83 89 96 • I10 120 • 130 139 • • 155 THE TIDES MARS · THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER 165 168 • 172 • 175 SATURN 182 URANUS NEPTUNE · 189 191 METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS · 194 12 COMETS · TABLE OF ...
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... moon , planets , stars , and , as our globe itself is a planet , of the earth also . It is , above all others , a science that cultivates the powers of the imagination . Yet all its theories and distances are based upon the most ...
... moon , planets , stars , and , as our globe itself is a planet , of the earth also . It is , above all others , a science that cultivates the powers of the imagination . Yet all its theories and distances are based upon 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