The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... comets almost touch the sun in one part of their orbit , and then stretch out into space thousands of millions of miles . THE COMET OF 1680 , THE COMET OF 1811 . Hast thou ne'er seen the comet's flaming light ? Th. ASTRONOMY . 79.
... comets almost touch the sun in one part of their orbit , and then stretch out into space thousands of millions of miles . THE COMET OF 1680 , THE COMET OF 1811 . Hast thou ne'er seen the comet's flaming light ? Th. ASTRONOMY . 79.
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... the fixed stars cannot be less than 32 billions of miles ; and all of them are doubtless as far distant from each other . They appear to fill infinite space in shoals or VAST system of stars ; and our sun is supposed to 80 ASTRONOMY .
... the fixed stars cannot be less than 32 billions of miles ; and all of them are doubtless as far distant from each other . They appear to fill infinite space in shoals or VAST system of stars ; and our sun is supposed to 80 ASTRONOMY .
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... space , or thirty degrees from the polar star , at which they seem to point , and are , thence , called the Pointers . The north pole star being thus found , it will be a pleasing employment to observe , that all the stars appear to ...
... space , or thirty degrees from the polar star , at which they seem to point , and are , thence , called the Pointers . The north pole star being thus found , it will be a pleasing employment to observe , that all the stars appear to ...
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... space , and not of stars . A celestial globe , rectified to the day and hour , will point to other objects ; an ephemeris will indicate the names or places of the planets which may then be above the horizon ; and any telescope will ...
... space , and not of stars . A celestial globe , rectified to the day and hour , will point to other objects ; an ephemeris will indicate the names or places of the planets which may then be above the horizon ; and any telescope will ...
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Sir Richard Phillips. 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 telescopes as are bought for fifteen or twenty shillings ...
Sir Richard Phillips. 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 telescopes as are bought for fifteen or twenty shillings ...
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