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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... true bearing of countries in respect to each other , and their magnitude or extension is most accurately obtained by astronomical principles . But above all , astronomy affords the most enlarged and sublime views of the Creator's works ...
... true bearing of countries in respect to each other , and their magnitude or extension is most accurately obtained by astronomical principles . But above all , astronomy affords the most enlarged and sublime views of the Creator's works ...
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... true solar system . Some of the ancient Egyptians discovered the revolution of Mercury and Venus round the sun . The general principles of the system were afterwards taught pri- vately by Pythagoras to his disciples , five hundred years ...
... true solar system . Some of the ancient Egyptians discovered the revolution of Mercury and Venus round the sun . The general principles of the system were afterwards taught pri- vately by Pythagoras to his disciples , five hundred years ...
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... true solar system ? By whom and when was this first taught ? Who was Copernicus ? Why is it called the Copernican system ? How are the heavenly bodies arranged in this system ? When did Copernicus finish his work ? What led him to ...
... true solar system ? By whom and when was this first taught ? Who was Copernicus ? Why is it called the Copernican system ? How are the heavenly bodies arranged in this system ? When did Copernicus finish his work ? What led him to ...
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... true and ap- parent place of a heavenly body . Parallel sphere , a position of the sphere , in which the par- allels of latitude and the equator appear parallel to the hori- zon . Penumbra , the partial shadow of the moon . Perigee ...
... true and ap- parent place of a heavenly body . Parallel sphere , a position of the sphere , in which the par- allels of latitude and the equator appear parallel to the hori- zon . Penumbra , the partial shadow of the moon . Perigee ...
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... true place . Let S be the sun , ( Plate v . Fig . 4 , ) A B C the equator , or a parallel of latitude on the earth . If light were instantaneous , it would be noon at A , when the sun is on the meridi- an , as at D. But as light is ...
... true place . Let S be the sun , ( Plate v . Fig . 4 , ) A B C the equator , or a parallel of latitude on the earth . If light were instantaneous , it would be noon at A , when the sun is on the meridi- an , as at D. But as light is ...
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