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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... continued for several days . Much less can this shin- ing matter be an elastic fluid of an atmospheric na- ture ; because this would be still more ready to as- sume a level by filling up the low places . It must therefore exist in the ...
... continued for several days . Much less can this shin- ing matter be an elastic fluid of an atmospheric na- ture ; because this would be still more ready to as- sume a level by filling up the low places . It must therefore exist in the ...
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... continued to increase till about the year 1255. From that time to the present the length of northern summers has decreased , and will continue to decrease till about the year 6481 , * Though the sacred writings stand in no need of ...
... continued to increase till about the year 1255. From that time to the present the length of northern summers has decreased , and will continue to decrease till about the year 6481 , * Though the sacred writings stand in no need of ...
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... continued light , the earth , in the absence of the sun , being a bright moon to its inhabitants . The other hemisphere has alternate light and darkness in succes- sion , each continuing about 14 days . The moon like the other planets ...
... continued light , the earth , in the absence of the sun , being a bright moon to its inhabitants . The other hemisphere has alternate light and darkness in succes- sion , each continuing about 14 days . The moon like the other planets ...
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... continued his observations ; appearing at different times , round , semicircular , oblong like an acorn with horns towards the globe , becoming gradually so long and wide , as to encom- pass it with an elliptical ring . Upon this ...
... continued his observations ; appearing at different times , round , semicircular , oblong like an acorn with horns towards the globe , becoming gradually so long and wide , as to encom- pass it with an elliptical ring . Upon this ...
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... continued action forcing a body from a right line towards a centre . ) The planets all move in ellipses differing , however , but little from circles , except the orbits of Juno and Pallas . They are kept in their or- bits by the ...
... continued action forcing a body from a right line towards a centre . ) The planets all move in ellipses differing , however , but little from circles , except the orbits of Juno and Pallas . They are kept in their or- bits by the ...
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