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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... respecting the sun , make this hypothe- sis deserve some particular consideration . Rejecting the terms , spots , nuclei , penumbræ , faculæ , and luculi , he adopts openings , shallows , ridges , nodules , corruga- tions , indentations ...
... respecting the sun , make this hypothe- sis deserve some particular consideration . Rejecting the terms , spots , nuclei , penumbræ , faculæ , and luculi , he adopts openings , shallows , ridges , nodules , corruga- tions , indentations ...
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... attraction , with knowing the operations of heat , without attempt- ing to investigate its nature . Any uncertainty respecting caloric , must rest on the physical construction of the sun , the prime agent 22 THE SUN .
... attraction , with knowing the operations of heat , without attempt- ing to investigate its nature . Any uncertainty respecting caloric , must rest on the physical construction of the sun , the prime agent 22 THE SUN .
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... respecting the sun ? What are openings ? What are shallows ? What are ridges ? What are nodules ? What are corrugations ? What are indentations ? What are pores ? What was Dr. Brewster's opin- jon respecting the physical construction of ...
... respecting the sun ? What are openings ? What are shallows ? What are ridges ? What are nodules ? What are corrugations ? What are indentations ? What are pores ? What was Dr. Brewster's opin- jon respecting the physical construction of ...
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... respecting heat or ca- loric ? What objection is there to Mr. Dick's theory ? Has the sun an atmosphere ? What is considered its height ? By whom were spots first discovered on the sun ? At what time were they dis- covered ? How large ...
... respecting heat or ca- loric ? What objection is there to Mr. Dick's theory ? Has the sun an atmosphere ? What is considered its height ? By whom were spots first discovered on the sun ? At what time were they dis- covered ? How large ...
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... respecting the time of the moon's re- volution on its axis . The diameter of the moon is 2,180 miles . But it can be but 2,173 miles ; if its apparent diameter be 31 ' 8 " , as stated by De la Lande . The earth must appear like a moon ...
... respecting the time of the moon's re- volution on its axis . The diameter of the moon is 2,180 miles . But it can be but 2,173 miles ; if its apparent diameter be 31 ' 8 " , as stated by De la Lande . The earth must appear like a moon ...
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