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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... Venus , 32 Sun , 16 Meteors , 165 66 affects tides , 109 Moon , 50 66 motion of , 18 66 atmosphere of , 53 66 prospect of heavens at , 80 66 dark parts of , 54 66 spots on , 23 66 librations of , 58 Stars , fixed , 140 ' ' light of , 56 ...
... Venus , 32 Sun , 16 Meteors , 165 66 affects tides , 109 Moon , 50 66 motion of , 18 66 atmosphere of , 53 66 prospect of heavens at , 80 66 dark parts of , 54 66 spots on , 23 66 librations of , 58 Stars , fixed , 140 ' ' light of , 56 ...
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... rest in the centre of the universe , around which the Moon , Mercury , Venus , the Sun , Mars , Ju- piter and Saturn revolved . Above the planets this hypothesis placed the firmament of stars and the two crystalline 4 INTRODUCTION .
... rest in the centre of the universe , around which the Moon , Mercury , Venus , the Sun , Mars , Ju- piter and Saturn revolved . Above the planets this hypothesis placed the firmament of stars and the two crystalline 4 INTRODUCTION .
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... Venus , their superior conjunctions without oppositions , and the ap- parent retrograde motion of all the primary planets , show the absurdity of this hypothesis . Tycho Brahe was a native of Sweden , being born at Knudstorp , in the ...
... Venus , their superior conjunctions without oppositions , and the ap- parent retrograde motion of all the primary planets , show the absurdity of this hypothesis . Tycho Brahe was a native of Sweden , being born at Knudstorp , in the ...
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... Venus round the sun . The general principles of the system were afterwards taught pri- vately by Pythagoras to his disciples , five hundred years before the christian era . But being afterwards . rejected , it was nearly lost , till ...
... Venus round the sun . The general principles of the system were afterwards taught pri- vately by Pythagoras to his disciples , five hundred years before the christian era . But being afterwards . rejected , it was nearly lost , till ...
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... Venus and Mercury to move round the sun ; that Nicetas , according to Cicero , made the earth revolve on its axis , and by this means freed the celestial sphere from that inconceivable velocity , which must have been attributed to it to ...
... Venus and Mercury to move round the sun ; that Nicetas , according to Cicero , made the earth revolve on its axis , and by this means freed the celestial sphere from that inconceivable velocity , which must have been attributed to it to ...
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