Astronomy, as it is Known at the Present Day: With an Account of the Nature and Use of Astronomical Instruments, the Manner of Calculating the Notes of the Calendar, the Distances and Magnitudes of the Planets, and a Number of Other Useful and Interesting Calculations in AstronomyW. Cole, 1825 - 166 страница |
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... laws they observe in describing them . Astronomy has at all times been studied by the greatest philo- sophers and men of genius in every part of the world ; and the most celebrated of the ancients speak of it with admiration . When ...
... laws they observe in describing them . Astronomy has at all times been studied by the greatest philo- sophers and men of genius in every part of the world ; and the most celebrated of the ancients speak of it with admiration . When ...
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... was discovered by Kepler , and is called his second law . By angular distance is meant any distance in degrees , minutes , & c . 38. The Opposition of two celestial bodies takes place when EXPLANATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TERMS . 11.
... was discovered by Kepler , and is called his second law . By angular distance is meant any distance in degrees , minutes , & c . 38. The Opposition of two celestial bodies takes place when EXPLANATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TERMS . 11.
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... laws of motion , and the use of a lloptical and mathematical in- struments ; but they were unacquainted with the very existence of extensive islands and countries at no great distance from their own . * This is what the French ...
... laws of motion , and the use of a lloptical and mathematical in- struments ; but they were unacquainted with the very existence of extensive islands and countries at no great distance from their own . * This is what the French ...
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... laws that regulate the whole . CAREY . Although many of the phenomena mentioned in the foregoing pages have been discovered by means of the telescope , yet this most valuable instrument has been the means of accomplishing many other ...
... laws that regulate the whole . CAREY . Although many of the phenomena mentioned in the foregoing pages have been discovered by means of the telescope , yet this most valuable instrument has been the means of accomplishing many other ...
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... law that the moon observes in its revolution . Of all the wonderful and extraordinary appearances exhibited by the heavenly bodies , which belong to the solar system , when viewed by a powerful telescope , those which the planet Saturn ...
... law that the moon observes in its revolution . Of all the wonderful and extraordinary appearances exhibited by the heavenly bodies , which belong to the solar system , when viewed by a powerful telescope , those which the planet Saturn ...
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altitude angle appear ascertained astronomers atmosphere Aurora Borealis axis calculations called centre circle clouds colours Comets constellation degrees density diameter direction disc discovered diurnal motion Dominical letter earth's orbit eccentric anomaly eclipse equal equator equinox fixed stars following figure glass globe gravity greater greatest heat heavenly bodies heavens height Hence Herschel horizon inferior conjunction Julius Cæsar Jupiter known latitude length light longitude luminous lunar magnitude mean distance Mercury meridian miles minutes moon moon's move nearly night object obliquity observed occasioned opposite parallax passing period phenomena philosophers poles produced Ptolemy quantity of matter rainbow rays refraction retrograde motion revolution round revolve right ascension rise round the earth round the sun satellites Saturn seen shadow shines sidereal solar spherical sun and moon sun's supposed surface telescope tides tion Tycho Tychonic systems Uranus velocity Venus visible
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