High-school AstronomySheldon & Company, 1872 |
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... Distances of the Planets ... Light and Heat of the Planets . Magnitude of the Planets ..... Density Gravitation Periodic Revolutions of the Planets . 29 31 32 36 38 ... 40 41 42 11 PAGY CHAP . L - Hourly Motion of the Planets.
... Distances of the Planets ... Light and Heat of the Planets . Magnitude of the Planets ..... Density Gravitation Periodic Revolutions of the Planets . 29 31 32 36 38 ... 40 41 42 11 PAGY CHAP . L - Hourly Motion of the Planets.
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... Light . Sun's Proper Motion in Space .... 146 151 153 155 XL - MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS UPON THE SOLAR SYSTEM . Nebular Theory of its Origin .... Were the Asteroids originally one Planet ? .. Are the Planets inhabited by rational beings ...
... Light . Sun's Proper Motion in Space .... 146 151 153 155 XL - MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS UPON THE SOLAR SYSTEM . Nebular Theory of its Origin .... Were the Asteroids originally one Planet ? .. Are the Planets inhabited by rational beings ...
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... LIGHT . Refraction of Light ... Atmospherical Refraction . Refraction by Glass Lenses . 211 214 216 ... II . TELESCOPES . Refracting Telescopes 221 Reflecting Telescopes 231 Transit Instrument .. 235 Mural Circle 236 Parallax ..... 287 ...
... LIGHT . Refraction of Light ... Atmospherical Refraction . Refraction by Glass Lenses . 211 214 216 ... II . TELESCOPES . Refracting Telescopes 221 Reflecting Telescopes 231 Transit Instrument .. 235 Mural Circle 236 Parallax ..... 287 ...
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... lights ; the greater light to rule the day , and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also . " Verses 14-16 . 3. In the book of Job , written 1,50 years before Christ , we read of several constella- tions that bear the ...
... lights ; the greater light to rule the day , and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also . " Verses 14-16 . 3. In the book of Job , written 1,50 years before Christ , we read of several constella- tions that bear the ...
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... light , in order to accomplish their daily course . But with all these difficulties in its way , the Ptolemaic theory was generally believed till about the middle of the sixteenth century , or three hundred years ago . THE COPERNICAN ...
... light , in order to accomplish their daily course . But with all these difficulties in its way , the Ptolemaic theory was generally believed till about the middle of the sixteenth century , or three hundred years ago . THE COPERNICAN ...
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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.