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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... heat to the bodies of the solar system . It is an object pre - emi- nent ; of inconceivable utility and grandeur . Diffusing its rays to an immense distance , and filling a sphere of incomprehensible extent , it gives life and motion to ...
... heat to the bodies of the solar system . It is an object pre - emi- nent ; of inconceivable utility and grandeur . Diffusing its rays to an immense distance , and filling a sphere of incomprehensible extent , it gives life and motion to ...
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... heat is generated in the lungs from the oxigen of the atmos- phere ; that air is a bad conductor of heat , and of course a good defence against cold , or rather preservative of heat , preventing its escape from the body . The more dense ...
... heat is generated in the lungs from the oxigen of the atmos- phere ; that air is a bad conductor of heat , and of course a good defence against cold , or rather preservative of heat , preventing its escape from the body . The more dense ...
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... heat . The highest elevation to which human beings can ascend , though quite a proportion in regard to the height of the atmosphere , vanishes , when compared with the distance of the sun . What are four or five miles in comparison to ...
... heat . The highest elevation to which human beings can ascend , though quite a proportion in regard to the height of the atmosphere , vanishes , when compared with the distance of the sun . What are four or five miles in comparison to ...
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... heat is discharged , while the luminous or phos- phorescent mantle , which that heat freely pervades , is the region whence its light is generated . The high authority of these men does not free their hypotheses from objection . If the ...
... heat is discharged , while the luminous or phos- phorescent mantle , which that heat freely pervades , is the region whence its light is generated . The high authority of these men does not free their hypotheses from objection . If the ...
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... heat requisite for each respective planetary globe . On this hypothesis , which is corroborated by a great variety of facts and experiments , there may be no more sensi- ble heat felt on the surface of the planet Mercury , than on the ...
... heat requisite for each respective planetary globe . On this hypothesis , which is corroborated by a great variety of facts and experiments , there may be no more sensi- ble heat felt on the surface of the planet Mercury , than on 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