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Page 89
... , Hesperus , Ves- per , or the Evening Star . She presents the same appearances as Mercury . Owing , however , to the greater diameter of her orbit , her apparent oscillations are nearly 48 ° east and west of the sun VENUS . 89 VENUS •
... , Hesperus , Ves- per , or the Evening Star . She presents the same appearances as Mercury . Owing , however , to the greater diameter of her orbit , her apparent oscillations are nearly 48 ° east and west of the sun VENUS . 89 VENUS •
Page 90
Joel Dorman Steele. are nearly 48 ° east and west of the sun , * or about 18 ° more than those of Mercury . She is therefore seen much earlier in the morning and much later at night . She is " morning star " from inferior to supe- rior ...
Joel Dorman Steele. are nearly 48 ° east and west of the sun , * or about 18 ° more than those of Mercury . She is therefore seen much earlier in the morning and much later at night . She is " morning star " from inferior to supe- rior ...
Page 97
... . It has been recently Fig . 27 . shown that the equator itself is not a perfect circle , but is somewhat flattened , since the diameter which pierces the meridian 14 ° east of Greenwich is two. THE EARTH IN SPACE . 5 THE EARTH . 97.
... . It has been recently Fig . 27 . shown that the equator itself is not a perfect circle , but is somewhat flattened , since the diameter which pierces the meridian 14 ° east of Greenwich is two. THE EARTH IN SPACE . 5 THE EARTH . 97.
Page 98
... east . " How , " they asked , " can the earth be round ? If it were , then on the opposite side the rain would fall upward , trees would grow with their branches down , and everything would be topsy - turvy . Every object on its surface ...
... east . " How , " they asked , " can the earth be round ? If it were , then on the opposite side the rain would fall upward , trees would grow with their branches down , and everything would be topsy - turvy . Every object on its surface ...
Page 100
... great ocean around us go drifting by the ship , and sparkling with its million stars as the waters of the sea itself sparkle at night be . tween the tropics . " to east , elevates our horizon above the stars on 100 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... great ocean around us go drifting by the ship , and sparkling with its million stars as the waters of the sea itself sparkle at night be . tween the tropics . " to east , elevates our horizon above the stars on 100 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
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