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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... revolve around the sun , and are carried with it about the earth . ( Plate 1 , Fig . 2. ) By this hypothesis the phases of Mercury and Venus may be explained . But no satisfactory explanation can be given by it of the opposition of the ...
... revolve around the sun , and are carried with it about the earth . ( Plate 1 , Fig . 2. ) By this hypothesis the phases of Mercury and Venus may be explained . But no satisfactory explanation can be given by it of the opposition of the ...
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... revolve from west to east . The 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 ...
... revolve from west to east . The 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 ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... revolve round the earth . Elongation , the angular distance of a heavenly body from the centre of its motion ; as a planet from the sun , or a secon- dary from its primary . Epact , the excess of the solar above the lunar year of 354 ...
... revolve round the earth . Elongation , the angular distance of a heavenly body from the centre of its motion ; as a planet from the sun , or a secon- dary from its primary . Epact , the excess of the solar above the lunar year of 354 ...
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... revolve uninterrupted , being but little more than half way from the centre to the cir- cumference of the sun . Such a hollow globe might , therefore , contain within itself a brilliant system of re- volving worlds . The physical ...
... revolve uninterrupted , being but little more than half way from the centre to the cir- cumference of the sun . Such a hollow globe might , therefore , contain within itself a brilliant system of re- volving worlds . The physical ...
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