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... Seasons , Phases of the Moon , Time , Nebular Hypothesis , and precession ( p . 230. ) To teachers heretofore compelled to use a cum- bersome set of charts , it is hoped that the star maps here offered will present a welcome substitute ...
... Seasons , Phases of the Moon , Time , Nebular Hypothesis , and precession ( p . 230. ) To teachers heretofore compelled to use a cum- bersome set of charts , it is hoped that the star maps here offered will present a welcome substitute ...
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... SEASONS PRECESSION AND NUTATION • REFRACTION , ABERRATION AND PARALLAX THE MOON • ECLIPSES PAGR 6330 16 35 37 43 46 65 82 83 89 96 • I10 120 • 130 139 • • 155 THE TIDES MARS · THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER 165 168 • 172 • 175 SATURN 182 ...
... SEASONS PRECESSION AND NUTATION • REFRACTION , ABERRATION AND PARALLAX THE MOON • ECLIPSES PAGR 6330 16 35 37 43 46 65 82 83 89 96 • I10 120 • 130 139 • • 155 THE TIDES MARS · THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER 165 168 • 172 • 175 SATURN 182 ...
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... far , and penetrate so deeply into the mysteries of the universe . Astron- omy has measured the distance of many of the stars , and of all the planets ; computed their weight and size , their days , years , and seasons , 14 INTRODUCTION .
... far , and penetrate so deeply into the mysteries of the universe . Astron- omy has measured the distance of many of the stars , and of all the planets ; computed their weight and size , their days , years , and seasons , 14 INTRODUCTION .
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Joel Dorman Steele. size , their days , years , and seasons , with many of their physical features ; made a map of the moon , in some respects more perfect than any map of the earth ; tracked the comets in their immense sidereal journeys ...
Joel Dorman Steele. size , their days , years , and seasons , with many of their physical features ; made a map of the moon , in some respects more perfect than any map of the earth ; tracked the comets in their immense sidereal journeys ...
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... season in the country , on account of the plague which prevailed at Cambridge , his place of resi- dence . One day , while sitting in a garden , an apple chanced to fall to the ground near him . Reflecting upon the strange power that ...
... season in the country , on account of the plague which prevailed at Cambridge , his place of resi- dence . One day , while sitting in a garden , an apple chanced to fall to the ground near him . Reflecting upon the strange power that ...
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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