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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... tion , and romos , a law , the law of the stars . It may be defined the science which treats of the heavenly bodies . Astronomy is a science of great antiquity . Its ear- ly history has too many allegorical representations to admit of a ...
... tion , and romos , a law , the law of the stars . It may be defined the science which treats of the heavenly bodies . Astronomy is a science of great antiquity . Its ear- ly history has too many allegorical representations to admit of a ...
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... tion and residence in Denmark , considered a Dane . This celebrated astronomer was acquainted with the Copernican system , published before his time . But , rejecting some of its most simple principles , because he thought them ...
... tion and residence in Denmark , considered a Dane . This celebrated astronomer was acquainted with the Copernican system , published before his time . But , rejecting some of its most simple principles , because he thought them ...
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... tion . He learned from Aristotle and Plutarch , that the Pythagoreans had made the earth and planets move round the sun , which they placed in the centre of the universe . These luminous ideas struck him . He applied them to the ...
... tion . He learned from Aristotle and Plutarch , that the Pythagoreans had made the earth and planets move round the sun , which they placed in the centre of the universe . These luminous ideas struck him . He applied them to the ...
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... tion , by which exactly the same face is not always presented to the earth . Limits in a planet's orbit , two points farthest distant from the nodes . Longitude of a heavenly body , its distance on the ecliptic from the first of Aries ...
... tion , by which exactly the same face is not always presented to the earth . Limits in a planet's orbit , two points farthest distant from the nodes . Longitude of a heavenly body , its distance on the ecliptic from the first of Aries ...
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... and the succeeding conjunc- tion of the same bodies . Syzygy , the conjunction or opposition of a planet with the sun ; as the change or full of the moon . Tangent , a right line touching the circumference of a 12 A GLOSSARY OF.
... and the succeeding conjunc- tion of the same bodies . Syzygy , the conjunction or opposition of a planet with the sun ; as the change or full of the moon . Tangent , a right line touching the circumference of a 12 A GLOSSARY OF.
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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