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... facts of the science in their integrity , and so to arrange , explain , and illustrate them , that they may be clear and intelligible to the student . Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy . By Sir JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL , Bart . , F. R. S. ...
... facts of the science in their integrity , and so to arrange , explain , and illustrate them , that they may be clear and intelligible to the student . Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy . By Sir JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL , Bart . , F. R. S. ...
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... facts of the science , irrespective of the causes of the phenomena ob- served , or of the means by which the facts were ascer- tained . Physical Astronomy explains the causes of the vari- ous phenomena observed , as of Day and Night ...
... facts of the science , irrespective of the causes of the phenomena ob- served , or of the means by which the facts were ascer- tained . Physical Astronomy explains the causes of the vari- ous phenomena observed , as of Day and Night ...
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... fact , the system which now im mortalizes the name of Copernicus . " But he adds that his teachings were but " the con- jectures of a sagacious mind , not possessed of the evidence requisite to give stability to its opinions ...
... fact , the system which now im mortalizes the name of Copernicus . " But he adds that his teachings were but " the con- jectures of a sagacious mind , not possessed of the evidence requisite to give stability to its opinions ...
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... fact that they are round , as we see them to be , affords ground for the presumption , at least , that the earth also is round . 2. Water falling from the clouds is gathered into little globes or drops ; and melted ead poured from the ...
... fact that they are round , as we see them to be , affords ground for the presumption , at least , that the earth also is round . 2. Water falling from the clouds is gathered into little globes or drops ; and melted ead poured from the ...
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... fact that the tops of mountains are last seen as we recede from , or first as we approach , the sea - shore , proves that the surface of the water upon which we sail is con- vex ; so when a ship is approaching the shore , the topmasts ...
... fact that the tops of mountains are last seen as we recede from , or first as we approach , the sea - shore , proves that the surface of the water upon which we sail is con- vex ; so when a ship is approaching the shore , the topmasts ...
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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.