Elements of Astronomy, Descriptive and Physical: In which the General Phenomena of the Heavenly Bodies and the Theory of the Tides are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams from Engravings on Copper Plates ... Intended for Schools, Academies, Seminaries for Young Ladies, Lyceums, and for Private Reading |
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... Longitude , terrestrial and celestial , XI . Moon's months and phases , XII . Eclipses - Lunar Eclipses , Solar Eclipses , Total Solar Eclipses , Umbra and Penumbra , Struyk's catalogue of ancient Eclipses , Vose's catalogue of Eclipses ...
... Longitude , terrestrial and celestial , XI . Moon's months and phases , XII . Eclipses - Lunar Eclipses , Solar Eclipses , Total Solar Eclipses , Umbra and Penumbra , Struyk's catalogue of ancient Eclipses , Vose's catalogue of Eclipses ...
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... longitude can be accurately computed , and the difficult problem , of the rate at which light moves , mathematically demonstrated . From the periods of their revolution , the density of Jupiter can be estimated , and the correctness Is ...
... longitude can be accurately computed , and the difficult problem , of the rate at which light moves , mathematically demonstrated . From the periods of their revolution , the density of Jupiter can be estimated , and the correctness Is ...
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... longitude from Greenwich , because the meri- dians of the two places , are found to vary five hours . Suppose an eclipse of one of these satellites , computed with perfect ac- curacy , if seen from the Sun. Now if the Earth were ...
... longitude from Greenwich , because the meri- dians of the two places , are found to vary five hours . Suppose an eclipse of one of these satellites , computed with perfect ac- curacy , if seen from the Sun. Now if the Earth were ...
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... LONGITUDE , TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL . THE humble , but interesting and useful topics of Latitude and Longitude , require to be discussed . The rotation of the Earth is on an imaginary line , called its axis , the extremities of which ...
... LONGITUDE , TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL . THE humble , but interesting and useful topics of Latitude and Longitude , require to be discussed . The rotation of the Earth is on an imaginary line , called its axis , the extremities of which ...
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... Longitude is that of Greenwich , England . De- grees of Longitude at the Equator , from the sphe- roidal figure of the Earth , will be a trifle longer than the first degree of Latitude . They will how- ever diminish in their length , if ...
... Longitude is that of Greenwich , England . De- grees of Longitude at the Equator , from the sphe- roidal figure of the Earth , will be a trifle longer than the first degree of Latitude . They will how- ever diminish in their length , if ...
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95 millions A M Total ABERRATION OF LIGHT altitude angle annular annular eclipse aphelion apparent diameter Aries Astronomy atmosphere attraction brass meridian called Capricornus celestial centre century CHAPTER comets constellations degrees density disc Dominical letter double stars Earth's axis east elevated equal Equator fixed stars given place heavenly bodies heavens Herschel horizon Jupiter Latitude less longest Longitude luminary luminous lunar eclipses magnitude Mars material worlds mean distance Mercury miles the hour millions of miles minutes Moon's moral motion nearest nodes observed opposite orbit organs of vision parallax perihelion period planets pole primary reckoned refraction revolution revolves round right ascension rotation round the Sun satellites Saturn set the index siderial solar eclipse solstice southern hemisphere Sun's place supposed surface tance telescope thousand miles tides tion torrid zone transit of Venus true place turn the globe twilight velocity vernal equinox visible Zodiac
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Page 108 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 140 - Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat.
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Page 63 - evidence of things not seen," in the fulness of Divine grace ; and was profound on this, the greatest concern of human life, while unable even to comprehend how the " inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit" could be the cause of the change of the seasons.
Page 119 - Rectify the globe to the latitude of the place; bring the sun's place in the ecliptic to the meridian, and set the index to XII.
Page 26 - THERE is not, perhaps, another object in the heavens that presents us with such a variety of extraordinary phenomena as the planet Saturn. A magnificent globe, encompassed by a stupendous double ring, attended by seven satellites, ornamented with equatorial belts, compressed at the poles; turning...
Page 84 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Page 69 - In northern Latitudes, the smallest angle made by the Ecliptic and horizon, is when Aries rises, at which time Libra sets ; the greatest, when Libra rises, at which time Aries sets.
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