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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... suns , surrounded with worlds of un- known extent , constituting systems , multiplied beyond the utmost bound of ... Sun , Mars , Ju- piter and Saturn revolved . Above the planets this hypothesis placed the firmament of stars and the two ...
... suns , surrounded with worlds of un- known extent , constituting systems , multiplied beyond the utmost bound of ... Sun , Mars , Ju- piter and Saturn revolved . Above the planets this hypothesis placed the firmament of stars and the two ...
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... sun . The general principles of the system were afterwards taught pri- vately by Pythagoras to his disciples , five hundred years before the christian era . But being afterwards . rejected , it was nearly lost , till revived by ...
... sun . The general principles of the system were afterwards taught pri- vately by Pythagoras to his disciples , five hundred years before the christian era . But being afterwards . rejected , it was nearly lost , till revived by ...
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... sun ; that Nicetas , according to Cicero , made the earth 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 ...
... sun ; that Nicetas , according to Cicero , made the earth 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 ...
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... sun . Apogee , the point in the moon's orbit most distant from the earth . The term is sometimes applied to the sun's place when farthest from the earth . Apsis , the aphelion or perihelion point . The line connect- ing these is called ...
... sun . Apogee , the point in the moon's orbit most distant from the earth . The term is sometimes applied to the sun's place when farthest from the earth . Apsis , the aphelion or perihelion point . The line connect- ing these is called ...
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... sun ; or in which the sun appears to 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 ...
... sun ; or in which the sun appears to 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 ...
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ancient angle aphelion appear Aries ascending node Asteroids astronomers atmosphere attraction axis bissextile brazen meridian cause celestial centre comets commence computation conjunction constellations declination degree discovered disk diurnal rotation dominical letter east eclipses elevated Epact equal equator equinox fast of clock fixed stars full moon harvest moon heat heavenly body heavens hemisphere Herschel horizon hour immense inclination inferior planets inhabitants Jupiter latitude libration light longitude longitude for 100 luminary luminous lunar magnitude Mars Mean diameter Mean distance Mercury and Venus miles month move night obliquity observed opposite orbit parallax passing performs a revolution perihelion Plate polar circles poles primary planets rays reckoned refraction represented retrograde motion revolution round revolve right ascension rising round the earth round the sun satellites Saturn seen side sidereal slow of clock solar system spots Sun fast Sun slow sun's place superior conjunction telescope tides tion visible zenith