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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... occasions the inequality of light reflected from its surface ? What is the height of its atmosphere ? What is Schroeter's estimate of the height of mountains and depth of cavities on the surface of the Moon ? What other facts can you ...
... occasions the inequality of light reflected from its surface ? What is the height of its atmosphere ? What is Schroeter's estimate of the height of mountains and depth of cavities on the surface of the Moon ? What other facts can you ...
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... occasions the whiteness of the Galaxy ? How many suns are supposed to exist in that one zone ? What hypothesis is started respecting other zones of suns ? Can we set bounds to creation ? What evidence exists that new suns are created ...
... occasions the whiteness of the Galaxy ? How many suns are supposed to exist in that one zone ? What hypothesis is started respecting other zones of suns ? Can we set bounds to creation ? What evidence exists that new suns are created ...
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... occasions the first degree of Latitude to be a trifle shorter than the next , and that , shorter than the third . A meridian is a direct line , passing from one pole to the other . Wherever that line is vertical , or di- rectly over ...
... occasions the first degree of Latitude to be a trifle shorter than the next , and that , shorter than the third . A meridian is a direct line , passing from one pole to the other . Wherever that line is vertical , or di- rectly over ...
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... an Eclipse ? Into how many parts are the discs of luminaries divided ? What are they called ? What occasions an eclipse of the Moon ? What are the Moon's nodes ? Fig . 1 . B D T Fig . 2 48 ECLIPSES . Eclipses-Lunar Eclipses,
... an Eclipse ? Into how many parts are the discs of luminaries divided ? What are they called ? What occasions an eclipse of the Moon ? What are the Moon's nodes ? Fig . 1 . B D T Fig . 2 48 ECLIPSES . Eclipses-Lunar Eclipses,
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... occasion an eclipse ? m total lunar eclipses , is the Moon visible ? What is its color ? How long may such eclipse continue ? What reasons are assigned for the variation in the duration . of lunar eclipses ? When will they be longest ...
... occasion an eclipse ? m total lunar eclipses , is the Moon visible ? What is its color ? How long may such eclipse continue ? What reasons are assigned for the variation in the duration . of lunar eclipses ? When will they be longest ...
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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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