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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... turns on its axis in 24 hours , and revolves round the Sun in 88 days ; at the rate of more than 100 thousand miles the hour , or 30 miles the second . Though small , this planet has a very bright appearance , slightly tinged with blue ...
... turns on its axis in 24 hours , and revolves round the Sun in 88 days ; at the rate of more than 100 thousand miles the hour , or 30 miles the second . Though small , this planet has a very bright appearance , slightly tinged with blue ...
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... turns once on its axis in 27 days ; the period in which it revolves once round the Earth , in a di- rection from west to east , and once a year it accom- panies its primary round the Sun. The Moon is a dark body , shining only by ...
... turns once on its axis in 27 days ; the period in which it revolves once round the Earth , in a di- rection from west to east , and once a year it accom- panies its primary round the Sun. The Moon is a dark body , shining only by ...
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... turns on its axis in 24 hours , and performs a revolution round the Sun in 687 days , or less than 2 years . Its torrid zone , extends about 28 degrees each side of its Equator . It moves above 50 thousand miles the hour , and enjoys ...
... turns on its axis in 24 hours , and performs a revolution round the Sun in 687 days , or less than 2 years . Its torrid zone , extends about 28 degrees each side of its Equator . It moves above 50 thousand miles the hour , and enjoys ...
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... turns on its axis in less than 10 hours , and revolves round the Sun in less than 12 years , at the dis- tance of 490 millions of miles . Compared with the Earth , it has nearly 14 hundred times as much bulk , and about 300 times as ...
... turns on its axis in less than 10 hours , and revolves round the Sun in less than 12 years , at the dis- tance of 490 millions of miles . Compared with the Earth , it has nearly 14 hundred times as much bulk , and about 300 times as ...
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... turn turns on its axis in 10 hours ; and requires almost 30 years to complete its revolution round the Sun , at the distance of 900 millions of miles , and moving 22 thousand miles the hour . At its equator , it has more than 25 ...
... turn turns on its axis in 10 hours ; and requires almost 30 years to complete its revolution round the Sun , at the distance of 900 millions of miles , and moving 22 thousand miles the hour . At its equator , it has more than 25 ...
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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 ;