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... moon , in some respects more perfect than any map of the earth ; tracked the comets in their immense sidereal journeys , marking their paths to a nicety of which we can scarcely conceive , and at last it has analyzed the structure of ...
... moon , in some respects more perfect than any map of the earth ; tracked the comets in their immense sidereal journeys , marking their paths to a nicety of which we can scarcely conceive , and at last it has analyzed the structure of ...
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... moon , which must have occurred a century before the Flood . They have also the first record of an eclipse of the sun , which took place about two hundred and twenty years * after the Deluge . It is reported that one of their kings ...
... moon , which must have occurred a century before the Flood . They have also the first record of an eclipse of the sun , which took place about two hundred and twenty years * after the Deluge . It is reported that one of their kings ...
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... moon repeat themselves in the same order . THE GRECIANS . - In the seventh century B. C. , Thales , noted for his electrical discoveries , acquired much renown , and established the first school of Astronomy in Greece . He taught that ...
... moon repeat themselves in the same order . THE GRECIANS . - In the seventh century B. C. , Thales , noted for his electrical discoveries , acquired much renown , and established the first school of Astronomy in Greece . He taught that ...
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... moon ; that the planet are placed at intervals cor- responding to the scale in music , and that they move in harmony , making the " music of the spheres , ” but that this celestial concert is heard only by the gods - the ears of man ...
... moon ; that the planet are placed at intervals cor- responding to the scale in music , and that they move in harmony , making the " music of the spheres , ” but that this celestial concert is heard only by the gods - the ears of man ...
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... moon . He saw its mountains and val- leys , and watched the dense shadows sweep over its plains . On January 8 , 1610 , he turned the telescope toward Jupiter . Near it he saw three bright stars , as he considered them , which were ...
... moon . He saw its mountains and val- leys , and watched the dense shadows sweep over its plains . On January 8 , 1610 , he turned the telescope toward Jupiter . Near it he saw three bright stars , as he considered them , which were ...
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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