A Compendium of Astronomy: Intended to Simplify and Illustrate the Principles of the Science : and Give a Concise View of the Motions and Aspects of the Great Heavenly Luminaries : Adapted to the Use of Common Schools, as Well as Higher SeminariesCarter, Hendee & Company, 1832 - 180 pages |
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... means and views do not carry him beyond the common school . The questions at the close of the chapters and sec- tions are intended to aid the teacher , and not to pre- vent his own , which ought to be often proposed . The questions ...
... means and views do not carry him beyond the common school . The questions at the close of the chapters and sec- tions are intended to aid the teacher , and not to pre- vent his own , which ought to be often proposed . The questions ...
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... means freed the celestial sphere from that inconceivable velocity , which must have been attributed to it to accomplish its diurnal revolu- tion . He learned from Aristotle and Plutarch , that the Pythagoreans had made the earth and ...
... means freed the celestial sphere from that inconceivable velocity , which must have been attributed to it to accomplish its diurnal revolu- tion . He learned from Aristotle and Plutarch , that the Pythagoreans had made the earth and ...
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... mean lunations . Equator , a great circle of the earth drawn round the cen- tre from east to west . tor . Equinox , a point in the ecliptic , where it is cut by the equa- There are two equinoxes , the vernal and autumnal . Focus , a ...
... mean lunations . Equator , a great circle of the earth drawn round the cen- tre from east to west . tor . Equinox , a point in the ecliptic , where it is cut by the equa- There are two equinoxes , the vernal and autumnal . Focus , a ...
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... mean distances from the sun . These are established laws ' between the rate of motion in any revolving body , whether primary or sec- ondary , and its distance from the central body , about which it revolves . ' They must , therefore ...
... mean distances from the sun . These are established laws ' between the rate of motion in any revolving body , whether primary or sec- ondary , and its distance from the central body , about which it revolves . ' They must , therefore ...
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... mean diameter of the sun as seen from Mercu- ry is 1 ° 22 ' . His mean distance from the sun is to that of the earth about as 4 to 10.3 . The intensity of the light and heat of the sun at Mercury must be about as 6.6 to 1 at the earth ...
... mean diameter of the sun as seen from Mercu- ry is 1 ° 22 ' . His mean distance from the sun is to that of the earth about as 4 to 10.3 . The intensity of the light and heat of the sun at Mercury must be about as 6.6 to 1 at the earth ...
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