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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... earth , Librations of the moon , 39 58 R. Longitude , 156 Refraction , 150 66 on the earth , 39 66 of the atmos- 66 table of , 164 phere , 151 Lunar observations , 162 Ring of Saturn , 70 Roman indiction , 120 M. Mars , 66 elements of ...
... earth , Librations of the moon , 39 58 R. Longitude , 156 Refraction , 150 66 on the earth , 39 66 of the atmos- 66 table of , 164 phere , 151 Lunar observations , 162 Ring of Saturn , 70 Roman indiction , 120 M. Mars , 66 elements of ...
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... earth . The knowledge of latitude and longitude , the situation and distance of places the most remote , the true bearing of countries in respect to each other , and their magnitude or extension is most accurately obtained by ...
... earth . The knowledge of latitude and longitude , the situation and distance of places the most remote , the true bearing of countries in respect to each other , and their magnitude or extension is most accurately obtained by ...
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... earth is supposed at rest , the sun and moon revolving round it as the centre of their motion , while the other planets revolve around the sun , and are carried with it about the earth . ( Plate 1 , Fig . 2. ) By this hypothesis the ...
... earth is supposed at rest , the sun and moon revolving round it as the centre of their motion , while the other planets revolve around the sun , and are carried with it about the earth . ( Plate 1 , Fig . 2. ) By this hypothesis the ...
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... earth turns on its axis . The moon revolves round the earth . The other secondary planets perform their revolutions around their primaries from west to east , at different . distances and at different times , the satellites of Her ...
... earth turns on its axis . The moon revolves round the earth . The other secondary planets perform their revolutions around their primaries from west to east , at different . distances and at different times , the satellites of Her ...
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... 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 accomplish its diurnal revolu- tion . He learned from Aristotle and Plutarch , that 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 accomplish its diurnal revolu- tion . He learned from Aristotle and Plutarch , that the ...
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