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... reach of most of our schools . It has been the aim of the author to collect in this little volume the most interesting features of these larger works . Believing that Natural Science is full of fas- cination , he has sought to weave the ...
... reach of most of our schools . It has been the aim of the author to collect in this little volume the most interesting features of these larger works . Believing that Natural Science is full of fas- cination , he has sought to weave the ...
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... wave that , struggling to reach some far - off land , dies as it touches the shore . In the presence of such weird and wondrous beauty , the tenderest sentiments of the heart are aroused - a feeling 1 * CELESTIAL INTRODUCTION.
... wave that , struggling to reach some far - off land , dies as it touches the shore . In the presence of such weird and wondrous beauty , the tenderest sentiments of the heart are aroused - a feeling 1 * CELESTIAL INTRODUCTION.
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... reach the moon ? " Laws of Motion . - To understand . the philosophy of the reasoning that now occupied the mind of Newton , let us apply the laws of motion as we have learned them in Philosophy . When a body is once set in motion , it ...
... reach the moon ? " Laws of Motion . - To understand . the philosophy of the reasoning that now occupied the mind of Newton , let us apply the laws of motion as we have learned them in Philosophy . When a body is once set in motion , it ...
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... reach its desti- nation . Ten generations would be born and would die ; the young men would become gray - haired , and their great - grandchildren would forget the story of the beginning of that wonderful journey , and could find it ...
... reach its desti- nation . Ten generations would be born and would die ; the young men would become gray - haired , and their great - grandchildren would forget the story of the beginning of that wonderful journey , and could find it ...
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... rising and setting a trifle further toward the south , passes through a lower circuit in the heavens . We reach the autumnal equinox the 22d of Sep- tember . The sun being now on the equinoctial , 114 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... rising and setting a trifle further toward the south , passes through a lower circuit in the heavens . We reach the autumnal equinox the 22d of Sep- tember . The sun being now on the equinoctial , 114 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
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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