High-school AstronomySheldon & Company, 1872 |
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... Uranus - a Telescopic World , Satellites 89 94 Neptune - purely Telescopic , Satellite .... Herschel's Solar System in Miniature . 95 91 IV . - SEASONS of the Different PLANETS , & c . Cause of the Seasons - Mercury , Earth . Venus ...
... Uranus - a Telescopic World , Satellites 89 94 Neptune - purely Telescopic , Satellite .... Herschel's Solar System in Miniature . 95 91 IV . - SEASONS of the Different PLANETS , & c . Cause of the Seasons - Mercury , Earth . Venus ...
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... Uranus or Neptune . This ponderous machinery was supposed to revolve from east to west around the earth , carrying with it the sun , moon , and stars , every twenty - four hours ; and the spheres being crystal , the distant stars were ...
... Uranus or Neptune . This ponderous machinery was supposed to revolve from east to west around the earth , carrying with it the sun , moon , and stars , every twenty - four hours ; and the spheres being crystal , the distant stars were ...
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... Uranus , and Neptune . Five of these , including the Earth , were known to the ancients ; but Uranus and Neptune have both been discovered during the last hundred years . Besides the eight larger planets , there are now known to exist ...
... Uranus , and Neptune . Five of these , including the Earth , were known to the ancients ; but Uranus and Neptune have both been discovered during the last hundred years . Besides the eight larger planets , there are now known to exist ...
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... URANUS was the father of Saturn , and presided over astronomy . The symbol of this planet ( ) consists of the SATURN , OR CHRONOS . letter H , with a planet suspended from the cross - bar , in honor of Sir William Herschel , its ...
... URANUS was the father of Saturn , and presided over astronomy . The symbol of this planet ( ) consists of the SATURN , OR CHRONOS . letter H , with a planet suspended from the cross - bar , in honor of Sir William Herschel , its ...
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... Uranus Neptune 1. The first column of round numbers only should be committed to memory by the student . These should be well fixed in the mind , as it will greatly facilitate the pro- gress of the student hereafter . The family of ...
... Uranus Neptune 1. The first column of round numbers only should be committed to memory by the student . These should be well fixed in the mind , as it will greatly facilitate the pro- gress of the student hereafter . The family of ...
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angle angular aphelion apparent magnitude appear Asteroids astronomers atmosphere attraction axis bodies called cause celestial Celestial Longitude circle comets concave constellations diameter difference direction disk distance earth earth's orbit east eastward ecliptic equator equinoctial equinox exterior planets figure fixed stars full moon globe heavens hemisphere Illustrate by diagram inclination Jupiter length libration light and heat longitude lunar Mars Mercury meridian minutes moon moon's orbit motion naked eye nearly nebulous Neptune nodes o'clock objects observations opposite pass perihelion planetary planets pole principal stars Prof refracting telescope refraction Remark represent respect retrograde revolve right ascension rings satellites Saturn seasons seen shadow shown side sidereal revolution solar day solar eclipse solar system sphere spots student sun and moon sun's supposed surface symbol synodic revolution tails telescope tide-wave tides tion transit Uranus velocity Venus vernal equinox visible zodiac zodiacal light
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Page 168 - He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.
Page 10 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Page 173 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page 10 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Page 170 - Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 200 - ... thousand stars, compacted and wedged together in a round space, whose angular diameter does not exceed eight or ten minutes; that is to say, in an area not more than a tenth part of that covered by the moon.
Page 66 - The inclination of the Earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic causes the equinoctial to depart 23° 28
Page 21 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.