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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... nearly coeval with the existence of man . The grandeur of the delightful canopy extended over his head , must have attracted the curiosity of the most careless and rude wanderer of the forest , much more of the attentive shepherd ...
... nearly coeval with the existence of man . The grandeur of the delightful canopy extended over his head , must have attracted the curiosity of the most careless and rude wanderer of the forest , much more of the attentive shepherd ...
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... nearly lost , till revived by Copernicus , a native of Thorn , in Polish Prussia . In the centre of this system is placed the sun , around which the prima- ry planets revolve from west to east . The earth turns on its axis . The moon ...
... nearly lost , till revived by Copernicus , a native of Thorn , in Polish Prussia . In the centre of this system is placed the sun , around which the prima- ry planets revolve from west to east . The earth turns on its axis . The moon ...
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... nearly to the central ball ; but that passing round this it recedes with retarded motion , the train increasing as it draws towards the centre , and diminishing as it recedes . It is important that every instructer in astronomy should ...
... nearly to the central ball ; but that passing round this it recedes with retarded motion , the train increasing as it draws towards the centre , and diminishing as it recedes . It is important that every instructer in astronomy should ...
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... nearly fifty times nearer the sun than the other . We have only to suppose , that a small quantity of caloric exists in Mercury , and a larger quantity in Herschel , proportionate to his distance from the centre of the system . On this ...
... nearly fifty times nearer the sun than the other . We have only to suppose , that a small quantity of caloric exists in Mercury , and a larger quantity in Herschel , proportionate to his distance from the centre of the system . On this ...
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... nearly or quite towards us , at her superior conjunction ; but she is then invisible , being near the sun , or hidden behind his bo- dy . When visible , and the illuminated part nearly round before or after that conjunction , she ...
... nearly or quite towards us , at her superior conjunction ; but she is then invisible , being near the sun , or hidden behind his bo- dy . When visible , and the illuminated part nearly round before or after that conjunction , she ...
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