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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... ... .150 CHAPTER XIV . Twilight ... ..153 CHAPTER XV . Latitude and Longitude ... ..154 CHAPTER XVI . Meteors ... 165 CHAPTER XVII . Artificial Globes ... .169 INDEX . 7 228 22 INTRODUCTION . THE term ASTRONOMY vi CONTENTS .
... ... .150 CHAPTER XIV . Twilight ... ..153 CHAPTER XV . Latitude and Longitude ... ..154 CHAPTER XVI . Meteors ... 165 CHAPTER XVII . Artificial Globes ... .169 INDEX . 7 228 22 INTRODUCTION . THE term ASTRONOMY vi CONTENTS .
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... 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 , Mercury , 66 elements of , 8582 59 S. 61 ...
... 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 , Mercury , 66 elements of , 8582 59 S. 61 ...
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... 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 astronomical principles . But above all ...
... 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 astronomical principles . But above all ...
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... longitude ; on the same side of the earth , though they may not be in the same latitude . Constellation , a number of stars contained in an assumed figure , Cosines , cotangents , and cosecants , are sines , Glossary of Astronomical Terms.
... longitude ; on the same side of the earth , though they may not be in the same latitude . Constellation , a number of stars contained in an assumed figure , Cosines , cotangents , and cosecants , are sines , Glossary of Astronomical Terms.
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... Longitude of a heavenly body , its distance on the ecliptic from the first of Aries to the intersection of a secondary pass- ing through the body . It is reckoned eastward 360 ° . Longitude on the earth , the distance east or west from ...
... Longitude of a heavenly body , its distance on the ecliptic from the first of Aries to the intersection of a secondary pass- ing through the body . It is reckoned eastward 360 ° . Longitude on the earth , the distance east or west from ...
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