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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... .... CHAPTER IV . ..76 ..80 Comets ... .... 83 CHAPTER V. Equation of Time .... .86 CHAPTER VI . The Harvest Moon .... .99 CHAPTER VII . The Tides .... ..105 CHAPTER VIII . Eclipses .... ..112 CHAPTER IX . Divisions.
... .... CHAPTER IV . ..76 ..80 Comets ... .... 83 CHAPTER V. Equation of Time .... .86 CHAPTER VI . The Harvest Moon .... .99 CHAPTER VII . The Tides .... ..105 CHAPTER VIII . Eclipses .... ..112 CHAPTER IX . Divisions.
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... tides , 105 Tides , 105 66 harvest , 99 Time , equation of , 86 Months , 124 divisions of , 119 Motion , planetary , 76 Twilight , 153 N. U. Nebula , 148 Uranus , Nodes of the moon , motion V. backward , 116 Venus , 66 elements of , 0 ...
... tides , 105 Tides , 105 66 harvest , 99 Time , equation of , 86 Months , 124 divisions of , 119 Motion , planetary , 76 Twilight , 153 N. U. Nebula , 148 Uranus , Nodes of the moon , motion V. backward , 116 Venus , 66 elements of , 0 ...
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... Tide , the alternate ebbing and flowing of the sea . Transverse , the longest axis of an ellipse . Tropical revolution , the time intervening between a planet's passing a node and coming to the same node again . Tropics , two circles ...
... Tide , the alternate ebbing and flowing of the sea . Transverse , the longest axis of an ellipse . Tropical revolution , the time intervening between a planet's passing a node and coming to the same node again . Tropics , two circles ...
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... tide could be produced . The unequal attraction , or the attraction of one part of the terra- queous globe more forcibly than the other , may be con- sidered as the true cause of the tides . The THE TIDES . 105 CHAPTER VII The Tides.
... tide could be produced . The unequal attraction , or the attraction of one part of the terra- queous globe more forcibly than the other , may be con- sidered as the true cause of the tides . The THE TIDES . 105 CHAPTER VII The Tides.
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... tides . The force of attraction in any body decreases , as the squares of the distances from that body increase . Hence the fartber distant any body is from the centre of attraction , the less the operation on that body . The water ...
... tides . The force of attraction in any body decreases , as the squares of the distances from that body increase . Hence the fartber distant any body is from the centre of attraction , the less the operation on that body . The water ...
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