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Page 79
... opposite side of the earth ; or the planet may be rising when the sun is just setting . When the planet is at N , it is in conjunction , and being lost in the sun's rays is invisible to us . Retrograde motion of a superior planet ...
... opposite side of the earth ; or the planet may be rising when the sun is just setting . When the planet is at N , it is in conjunction , and being lost in the sun's rays is invisible to us . Retrograde motion of a superior planet ...
Page 98
... 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 would cer- tainly fall off and if a ship by sailing west should get around ( 2 ) ...
... 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 would cer- tainly fall off and if a ship by sailing west should get around ( 2 ) ...
Page 100
... opposite direction to that of the ship's progress ; but in reality they remain at rest , and we leave them behind in the air . " * DIURNAL REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH AROUND ITS AXIS . - The earth , in constantly turning from west " And ...
... opposite direction to that of the ship's progress ; but in reality they remain at rest , and we leave them behind in the air . " * DIURNAL REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH AROUND ITS AXIS . - The earth , in constantly turning from west " And ...
Page 102
... opposite part of the earth , and he is then brought round again to D , the point of sunrise , when another day commences . ( Hind . ) The unequal rate of diurnal motion . - Different points upon the surface of the earth revolve with ...
... opposite part of the earth , and he is then brought round again to D , the point of sunrise , when another day commences . ( Hind . ) The unequal rate of diurnal motion . - Different points upon the surface of the earth revolve with ...
Page 107
... surrounding the sun in every direction . When our globe is at A , the stars about E are on the meridian at midnight . Being seen from the earth in the opposite quarter to the sun , they are most favorably placed for THE EARTH . 107.
... surrounding the sun in every direction . When our globe is at A , the stars about E are on the meridian at midnight . Being seen from the earth in the opposite quarter to the sun , they are most favorably placed for THE EARTH . 107.
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appearance Aries astronomers atmosphere axis body Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause 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 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 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 zone