The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...J. M'Gowan for Sir R. Phillips, 1820 - 364 страница |
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... phenomena of the Sun , The Planets move round him in orbits nearly circular , but Comets almost touch the Sun in one part of their orbit , and then stretch out into space thousands of millions of miles . cd 6 THE COMET OF 1680 sib eth ...
... phenomena of the Sun , The Planets move round him in orbits nearly circular , but Comets almost touch the Sun in one part of their orbit , and then stretch out into space thousands of millions of miles . cd 6 THE COMET OF 1680 sib eth ...
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... phenomena . This progression of the whole heavens from east to west the rising of some stars in the east , and the setting of others in the west & are objects which , viewed in this manner , will leave impressions much stronger than the ...
... phenomena . This progression of the whole heavens from east to west the rising of some stars in the east , and the setting of others in the west & are objects which , viewed in this manner , will leave impressions much stronger than the ...
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... phenomena . Should the Moon be visible , the motion in her orbit may be nightly traced by her approximating to , or re- ceding from , certain stars and the same may be ob served in the motion of the planets in their orbits . 3 The ...
... phenomena . Should the Moon be visible , the motion in her orbit may be nightly traced by her approximating to , or re- ceding from , certain stars and the same may be ob served in the motion of the planets in their orbits . 3 The ...
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... phenomena Jupiter's moons , Saturn's ring , the moon- like phases of Venus , the Pleiades , the luminous space in the sword of Orion , the Spots in the Sun , and the mountains in the Moon , may all be seen with such tele- scopes as are ...
... phenomena Jupiter's moons , Saturn's ring , the moon- like phases of Venus , the Pleiades , the luminous space in the sword of Orion , the Spots in the Sun , and the mountains in the Moon , may all be seen with such tele- scopes as are ...
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... phenomena of an eclipse take place . 271. The shadow of the Earth , as seen on the Moon , demonstrates its rotundity ; and the shadow of the Moon on the Earth , proves that it is nearer than the Sun ; so the passing of the Moon over ...
... phenomena of an eclipse take place . 271. The shadow of the Earth , as seen on the Moon , demonstrates its rotundity ; and the shadow of the Moon on the Earth , proves that it is nearer than the Sun ; so the passing of the Moon over ...
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Страница 91 - Mercury completes his transient year, Glowing, refulgent, with reflected glare ; Bright Venus occupies a wider way, The early harbinger of night and day ; More distant still our globe terraqueous turns, Nor chills intense, nor fiercely heated burns ; Around her rolls the lunar orb of light, Trailing her silver glories through the night ; On the earth's orbit...