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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... VOSE , A. M. Late Principal of Pembroke Academy , N. II . , and Author of a larger work on Astronomy . Creation of Archangels is the theme .'- Dr . Young . + BOSTON : CARTER , HENDEE & CO . ists = 8096.1 ct . 27 . 1856 , Oct. 1832 .
... VOSE , A. M. Late Principal of Pembroke Academy , N. II . , and Author of a larger work on Astronomy . Creation of Archangels is the theme .'- Dr . Young . + BOSTON : CARTER , HENDEE & CO . ists = 8096.1 ct . 27 . 1856 , Oct. 1832 .
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... author to render the principles of the science so simple , that they may be easily under- stood ; not only by the scholar who spends a few weeks at an academy , but by him whose means and views do not carry him beyond the common school ...
... author to render the principles of the science so simple , that they may be easily under- stood ; not only by the scholar who spends a few weeks at an academy , but by him whose means and views do not carry him beyond the common school ...
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... of astronomy . It may not be easy , at this late day , to deterinine which has the best founded claim . Most authors , however , seem agreed 2 INTRODUCTION A Sketch of the History of Ancient Astronomy, with different Astronomical Systems.
... of astronomy . It may not be easy , at this late day , to deterinine which has the best founded claim . Most authors , however , seem agreed 2 INTRODUCTION A Sketch of the History of Ancient Astronomy, with different Astronomical Systems.
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... authors , however , seem agreed in fixing the origin of this science either in Chaldea or Egypt . The shepherds , who watched their flocks by night , ' on the beautiful plains of Babylon , or in the extended vale of the Nile , could not ...
... authors , however , seem agreed in fixing the origin of this science either in Chaldea or Egypt . The shepherds , who watched their flocks by night , ' on the beautiful plains of Babylon , or in the extended vale of the Nile , could not ...
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... authors inform us , that Copernicus finished his great work in 1530 ; but did not venture it in print till near the time of his death , which happened on the twenty - second of May , 1543. He died suddenly , by the rupture of a blood ...
... authors inform us , that Copernicus finished his great work in 1530 ; but did not venture it in print till near the time of his death , which happened on the twenty - second of May , 1543. He died suddenly , by the rupture of a blood ...
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