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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... second century of the christian era , in the reigns of Adrian and Antoninus , the Roman emperors . In this system the earth was supposed at rest in the centre of the universe , around which the Moon , Mercury , Venus , the Sun , Mars ...
... second century of the christian era , in the reigns of Adrian and Antoninus , the Roman emperors . In this system the earth was supposed at rest in the centre of the universe , around which the Moon , Mercury , Venus , the Sun , Mars ...
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... second of May , 1543. He died suddenly , by the rupture of a blood - vessel , soon after completing his seventieth year , and a few days after revising the first proof of his work . Copernicus was an accurate mathematician , and ap ...
... second of May , 1543. He died suddenly , by the rupture of a blood - vessel , soon after completing his seventieth year , and a few days after revising the first proof of his work . Copernicus was an accurate mathematician , and ap ...
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... . ↑ Sagittarius . Gemini . Cancer . Leo . Virgo . V S Sign . O Degree . 1 Minute . Capricornus . Aquarius . H Pisces . " I Second . Third . = Equality . ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER I. SECTION I. The Solar System . 3 ASTRONOMICAL TERMS . 13.
... . ↑ Sagittarius . Gemini . Cancer . Leo . Virgo . V S Sign . O Degree . 1 Minute . Capricornus . Aquarius . H Pisces . " I Second . Third . = Equality . ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER I. SECTION I. The Solar System . 3 ASTRONOMICAL TERMS . 13.
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... Second , 18.97 Third , 11.44 166 Fourth , 10.84 66 The bluntness and sharpness alternately apparent in the horns of Venus arise , he supposes , from the shad- ows of high mountains . From the changes , which appear in her dark spots ...
... Second , 18.97 Third , 11.44 166 Fourth , 10.84 66 The bluntness and sharpness alternately apparent in the horns of Venus arise , he supposes , from the shad- ows of high mountains . From the changes , which appear in her dark spots ...
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... seconds towards the poles than at the equator . Some diversity in the proportion of the diameters is found in different authors . This is not wonderful in a case requiring so much nicety of observation . The excess of the equatorial ...
... seconds towards the poles than at the equator . Some diversity in the proportion of the diameters is found in different authors . This is not wonderful in a case requiring so much nicety of observation . The excess of the equatorial ...
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