Elements of Astronomy, Descriptive and Physical: In which the General Phenomena of the Heavenly Bodies and the Theory of the Tides are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams from Engravings on Copper Plates ... Intended for Schools, Academies, Seminaries for Young Ladies, Lyceums, and for Private ReadingDorr, Howland, & Company, 1834 - 144 páginas |
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... angle of its orbit with the Ecliptic is about 2 degrees . Why is Mars called a superior planet ? What is its magnitude ? -its density - its distance from the Sun 1 - the period of its rotation and its hourly rate ? What is the extent of ...
... angle of its orbit with the Ecliptic is about 2 degrees . Why is Mars called a superior planet ? What is its magnitude ? -its density - its distance from the Sun 1 - the period of its rotation and its hourly rate ? What is the extent of ...
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... angles which their orbits make with the pri- mary , as seen from the Earth in its mean distance from Jupiter , are from four minutes , to seventeen and a half minutes ; about half the apparent diameter of the Moon's disc . Suppose an ...
... angles which their orbits make with the pri- mary , as seen from the Earth in its mean distance from Jupiter , are from four minutes , to seventeen and a half minutes ; about half the apparent diameter of the Moon's disc . Suppose an ...
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... angles with the orbit of the primary , as though our Moon were to revolve from south east to north west , round the Earth . Doubtless , these satellites exhibit the Creator's wisdom and benevolence , like his other works . The fact ...
... angles with the orbit of the primary , as though our Moon were to revolve from south east to north west , round the Earth . Doubtless , these satellites exhibit the Creator's wisdom and benevolence , like his other works . The fact ...
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... angle of 23 ° 28 " with the Equator . Imaginary lines crossing the Ecliptic at right angles , as the meridians cross the Equator , are called secondaries to the Ecliptic , and termi- nate in points 23 ° 28 " from the points opposite to ...
... angle of 23 ° 28 " with the Equator . Imaginary lines crossing the Ecliptic at right angles , as the meridians cross the Equator , are called secondaries to the Ecliptic , and termi- nate in points 23 ° 28 " from the points opposite to ...
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... Explained, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams from Engravings on Copper Plates ... Intended for Schools, Academies, Seminaries for Young Ladies, Lyceums, and Hervey Wilbur. ( . 1 But the orbit of the Moon , makes an angle.
... Explained, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams from Engravings on Copper Plates ... Intended for Schools, Academies, Seminaries for Young Ladies, Lyceums, and Hervey Wilbur. ( . 1 But the orbit of the Moon , makes an angle.
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95 millions A M Total ABERRATION OF LIGHT altitude angle annular annular eclipse aphelion apparent diameter Aries Astronomy atmosphere attraction brass meridian called Capricornus celestial centre century CHAPTER comets constellations degrees density disc Dominical letter double stars Earth's axis east elevated equal Equator fixed stars given place heavenly bodies heavens Herschel horizon Jupiter Latitude less longest Longitude luminary luminous lunar eclipses magnitude Mars material worlds mean distance Mercury miles the hour millions of miles minutes Moon's moral motion nearest nodes observed opposite orbit organs of vision parallax perihelion period planets pole primary reckoned refraction revolution revolves round right ascension rotation round the Sun satellites Saturn set the index siderial solar eclipse solstice southern hemisphere Sun's place supposed surface tance telescope thousand miles tides tion torrid zone transit of Venus true place turn the globe twilight velocity vernal equinox visible Zodiac
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Página 108 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 140 - Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat.
Página 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página 105 - Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Página 63 - evidence of things not seen," in the fulness of Divine grace ; and was profound on this, the greatest concern of human life, while unable even to comprehend how the " inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit" could be the cause of the change of the seasons.
Página 119 - Rectify the globe to the latitude of the place; bring the sun's place in the ecliptic to the meridian, and set the index to XII.
Página 26 - THERE is not, perhaps, another object in the heavens that presents us with such a variety of extraordinary phenomena as the planet Saturn. A magnificent globe, encompassed by a stupendous double ring, attended by seven satellites, ornamented with equatorial belts, compressed at the poles; turning...
Página 84 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Página 69 - In northern Latitudes, the smallest angle made by the Ecliptic and horizon, is when Aries rises, at which time Libra sets ; the greatest, when Libra rises, at which time Aries sets.
Página 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;