High-school AstronomySheldon & Company, 1872 |
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Page 69
... feet high . Get an exact noon mark , " or north and south line , where the stake is driven , and at 12 o'clock , every fair day , put down a small stake at the end of the shadow . In this manner you will soon be able to measure the ...
... feet high . Get an exact noon mark , " or north and south line , where the stake is driven , and at 12 o'clock , every fair day , put down a small stake at the end of the shadow . In this manner you will soon be able to measure the ...
Page 88
... feet , and the earth from leaping a yard . " A man placed on one of these planets might spring with sustain no greater shock in his descent than ire does on See 65 to 67 , and notes . JUPITER . TELESCOPIO VIEW OF JUPITER . 176. To the ...
... feet , and the earth from leaping a yard . " A man placed on one of these planets might spring with sustain no greater shock in his descent than ire does on See 65 to 67 , and notes . JUPITER . TELESCOPIO VIEW OF JUPITER . 176. To the ...
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... feet ; Venus by a pea , at the distance of 142 feet ; the earth also by a pea , at the distance of 215 feet . A large pin's head would repre- sent Mars , if placed 327 feet distant ; and the Asteroids inay be represented by grains of ...
... feet ; Venus by a pea , at the distance of 142 feet ; the earth also by a pea , at the distance of 215 feet . A large pin's head would repre- sent Mars , if placed 327 feet distant ; and the Asteroids inay be represented by grains of ...
Page 96
... feet ; while a smaller orange would represent Saturn , at the distance of 124 rods , or 2,046 feet . Place a full - sized cherry or small plum three - fourths of a mile distant for Uranus , and another a mile and a quarter distant for ...
... feet ; while a smaller orange would represent Saturn , at the distance of 124 rods , or 2,046 feet . Place a full - sized cherry or small plum three - fourths of a mile distant for Uranus , and another a mile and a quarter distant for ...
Page 115
... Feet . .19,830 3.76 Clavius 20,190 3.83 Huygens . 20,390 8.86 Blancanus 22.810 432 Movetus Feet . Miles . 19.030 360 18,670 3.54 18,010 3.41 18,440 8-49 .23,830 4.52 D F 245. The apparent position of the moon in the heavens is one of ...
... Feet . .19,830 3.76 Clavius 20,190 3.83 Huygens . 20,390 8.86 Blancanus 22.810 432 Movetus Feet . Miles . 19.030 360 18,670 3.54 18,010 3.41 18,440 8-49 .23,830 4.52 D F 245. The apparent position of the moon in the heavens is one 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.