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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... astronomer , Zoroaster , placed by them 500 years before the destruction of Troy . The Egyptians with equal ostentation vaunted of their priests . The colleges of these they consider- ed as the depositaries of every species of knowledge ...
... astronomer , Zoroaster , placed by them 500 years before the destruction of Troy . The Egyptians with equal ostentation vaunted of their priests . The colleges of these they consider- ed as the depositaries of every species of knowledge ...
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... astronomer beholds the stars , which bespangle and adorn our canopy , magni- fied into so many suns , surrounded with worlds of un- known extent , constituting systems , multiplied beyond the utmost bound of human imagination , and ...
... astronomer beholds the stars , which bespangle and adorn our canopy , magni- fied into so many suns , surrounded with worlds of un- known extent , constituting systems , multiplied beyond the utmost bound of human imagination , and ...
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... astronomer was acquainted with the Copernican system , published before his time . But , rejecting some of its most simple principles , because he thought them irreconcileable to the literal meaning of some texts of scripture , he ...
... astronomer was acquainted with the Copernican system , published before his time . But , rejecting some of its most simple principles , because he thought them irreconcileable to the literal meaning of some texts of scripture , he ...
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... astronomers as the true solar system . Some of the ancient Egyptians discovered the revolution of Mercury and Venus round the sun . The general principles of the system were afterwards taught pri- vately by Pythagoras to his disciples ...
... astronomers as the true solar system . Some of the ancient Egyptians discovered the revolution of Mercury and Venus round the sun . The general principles of the system were afterwards taught pri- vately by Pythagoras to his disciples ...
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... astronomers ? At what time did the Astronomer Zoroaster live ? What was in the monument of Osymandyas ? Why were both nations peculiarly fa- vorable for astronomical observations ? What other nations may claim a high antiquity in the ...
... astronomers ? At what time did the Astronomer Zoroaster live ? What was in the monument of Osymandyas ? Why were both nations peculiarly fa- vorable for astronomical observations ? What other nations may claim a high antiquity in the ...
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ancient angle aphelion appear Aries ascending node Asteroids astronomers atmosphere attraction axis bissextile brazen meridian cause celestial centre comets commence computation conjunction constellations declination degree discovered disk diurnal rotation dominical letter east eclipses elevated Epact equal equator equinox fast of clock fixed stars full moon harvest moon heat heavenly body heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon hour immense inclination inferior planets inhabitants Jupiter latitude libration light longitude longitude for 100 luminary luminous lunar magnitude Mars Mean diameter Mean distance Mercury and Venus miles month move night obliquity observed opposite orbit parallax passing performs a revolution perihelion Plate polar circles poles primary planets rays reckoned refraction represented retrograde motion revolution round revolve right ascension rising round the earth round the sun satellites Saturn seen side sidereal slow of clock solar system spots Sun fast Sun slow sun's place superior conjunction telescope tides tion visible zenith