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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... tion as these illuminated diagrams . Indelible images of them will be transferred through the eye to the memory , and borne with us to our firesides , and to our pillows . These images will powerfully aid us in recollecting the facts ...
... tion as these illuminated diagrams . Indelible images of them will be transferred through the eye to the memory , and borne with us to our firesides , and to our pillows . These images will powerfully aid us in recollecting the facts ...
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... tion , or the uniformity , in which the irresistible energies of their Author govern the mighty move- ments of material worlds . Practical Astronomy relates to Astronomical Instruments and Observations , and will be omitted in this ...
... tion , or the uniformity , in which the irresistible energies of their Author govern the mighty move- ments of material worlds . Practical Astronomy relates to Astronomical Instruments and Observations , and will be omitted in this ...
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... tion ? What of its revolution round the Sun , and at what rate ? What is its appearance ? What proves that Mercury and Venus are opaque bodies and nearer to the Sun than the Earth ? What are they called ? If the orbit of Mercury exactly ...
... tion ? What of its revolution round the Sun , and at what rate ? What is its appearance ? What proves that Mercury and Venus are opaque bodies and nearer to the Sun than the Earth ? What are they called ? If the orbit of Mercury exactly ...
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... tion to its orbit , which makes the Sun shine ver- tically 30 degrees on either side of its equator . It is more spheroidal than Jupiter , and receives about one ninetieth part of the light enjoyed at the Earth . Infinite wisdom and ...
... tion to its orbit , which makes the Sun shine ver- tically 30 degrees on either side of its equator . It is more spheroidal than Jupiter , and receives about one ninetieth part of the light enjoyed at the Earth . Infinite wisdom and ...
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... tion lution Hourly Incl . of rate of th'r axes motion to plane Incl . of their orbits miles . being in mil . fr . sun on their round in 1000 one . of mls . axes . the sun . miles . of their orbits . to the Comp . Eccen light , of their ...
... tion lution Hourly Incl . of rate of th'r axes motion to plane Incl . of their orbits miles . being in mil . fr . sun on their round in 1000 one . of mls . axes . the sun . miles . of their orbits . to the Comp . Eccen light , of their ...
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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.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 105 - Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
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.
Page 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;