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... miles from the earth , the entire diameter of his sphere would be one hundred and ninety millions of miles , and its cir- cumference about six hundred millions , Divide this distance by twenty - four - the num- ber of hours in a day ...
... miles from the earth , the entire diameter of his sphere would be one hundred and ninety millions of miles , and its cir- cumference about six hundred millions , Divide this distance by twenty - four - the num- ber of hours in a day ...
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... mile , from the point of contact ; 82 inches for two miles ; 72 inches for three miles , & c . ) 6. When the moon falls into the shadow of the earth and is eclipsed , or , in other words , the earth gets into her sunlight , and throws ...
... mile , from the point of contact ; 82 inches for two miles ; 72 inches for three miles , & c . ) 6. When the moon falls into the shadow of the earth and is eclipsed , or , in other words , the earth gets into her sunlight , and throws ...
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... miles , but is less and less as the meridians approach the Poles , at which points it is nothing . A degree of Latitude is about 69 miles on all parts of the globe . The First Meridian is that from which the reckoning of Longitude is ...
... miles , but is less and less as the meridians approach the Poles , at which points it is nothing . A degree of Latitude is about 69 miles on all parts of the globe . The First Meridian is that from which the reckoning of Longitude is ...
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... miles from the rational ; and yet so distant are the stars , that both these planes seem to cut the celestial arch at the same point ; and we see the same hemisphere of stars above the sensible horizon of any place that we should if the ...
... miles from the rational ; and yet so distant are the stars , that both these planes seem to cut the celestial arch at the same point ; and we see the same hemisphere of stars above the sensible horizon of any place that we should if the ...
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... miles . " It is only by conceiving aright in regard to short distances , and then using illustrations and instituting comparisons that we can form any distinct idea of these really inconceivable spaces . 53. The Moon - Latin and Greek ...
... miles . " It is only by conceiving aright in regard to short distances , and then using illustrations and instituting comparisons that we can form any distinct idea of these really inconceivable spaces . 53. The Moon - Latin and Greek ...
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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.