Fourteen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy |
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... represents the west and the left - hand the east . When it is important to obtain this idea correctly , the book should be held up toward the south- ern sky . Never let a pupil recite a lesson , nor answer a question , except it be a ...
... represents the west and the left - hand the east . When it is important to obtain this idea correctly , the book should be held up toward the south- ern sky . Never let a pupil recite a lesson , nor answer a question , except it be a ...
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... height of popularity . The issue of any important undertaking , or the fortunes of an individual , were foretold by the astrologer , who drew up a Horoscope representing the position of the stars and planets at the 22 INTRODUCTION .
... height of popularity . The issue of any important undertaking , or the fortunes of an individual , were foretold by the astrologer , who drew up a Horoscope representing the position of the stars and planets at the 22 INTRODUCTION .
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Joel Dorman Steele. representing the position of the stars and planets at the beginning of the enterprise , or at the birth of the person . It was a complete and complicated system , and contained regular rules , which guided the ...
Joel Dorman Steele. representing the position of the stars and planets at the beginning of the enterprise , or at the birth of the person . It was a complete and complicated system , and contained regular rules , which guided the ...
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... representing the earth's time of revolu- tion by P , and her distance from the sun by p , then letting D and d represent the same in another planet , we have the proportion P : D ' :: p ' : d . Kepler , strangely enough , believed in ...
... representing the earth's time of revolu- tion by P , and her distance from the sun by p , then letting D and d represent the same in another planet , we have the proportion P : D ' :: p ' : d . Kepler , strangely enough , believed in ...
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... represented to us when in aphelion ( July ) by 940 , and when in perihelion ( January ) by 1072 . DIMENSIONS . - Its diameter is about 850,000 miles . * Let us try to understand this amount by comparison . A mountain upon the surface of ...
... represented to us when in aphelion ( July ) by 940 , and when in perihelion ( January ) by 1072 . DIMENSIONS . - Its diameter is about 850,000 miles . * Let us try to understand this amount by comparison . A mountain upon the surface of ...
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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