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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... surface . These consist of a nucleus , which is much darker than the rest , and surrounded by a mist or smoke ; and they are so changeable as fre- quently to vary during the time of observation . Some of the largest of them exceed the ...
... surface . These consist of a nucleus , which is much darker than the rest , and surrounded by a mist or smoke ; and they are so changeable as fre- quently to vary during the time of observation . Some of the largest of them exceed the ...
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... which • The horizon is the line all around where the sky and the earth seem to meet . The zenith is the point directly over head , go de- Brees from the horison . geographers divide the surface of the earth , to be ASTRONOMY . 95.
... which • The horizon is the line all around where the sky and the earth seem to meet . The zenith is the point directly over head , go de- Brees from the horison . geographers divide the surface of the earth , to be ASTRONOMY . 95.
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... surface of the earth , to be ex- tended to the heavens ; so that the whole circumference of the horizon of the heavens is supposed to be 300 de- grees , or proportional parts ; half is 180 degrees , and a quarter is 90 degrees . And as ...
... surface of the earth , to be ex- tended to the heavens ; so that the whole circumference of the horizon of the heavens is supposed to be 300 de- grees , or proportional parts ; half is 180 degrees , and a quarter is 90 degrees . And as ...
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... , in Peru . The surface of the Moon is , besides , covered with deep pits or valiies , some of them four miles deep . THE MOON , AS SEEN THROUGH A TELESCOPE 207. The Moon always keeps the same side towards the. ASTRONOMY . 103.
... , in Peru . The surface of the Moon is , besides , covered with deep pits or valiies , some of them four miles deep . THE MOON , AS SEEN THROUGH A TELESCOPE 207. The Moon always keeps the same side towards the. ASTRONOMY . 103.
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... surface of the Sun like black spots , called transits of Venus and Mercury . This proves that those planets are nearer to the Earth than the Sun ; and , by observing the progress of the transit at different parts of the Earth , we can ...
... surface of the Sun like black spots , called transits of Venus and Mercury . This proves that those planets are nearer to the Earth than the Sun ; and , by observing the progress of the transit at different parts of the Earth , we can ...
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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...