“The” New American Grammar Of The Elements Of Astronomy, On An Improved Plan: In Three Books. I. The Use Of The Terrestrial Globe In The Solution Of Geographical And Astronomical Problems II. The Use Of The Celestial Globe ... III. The Solar System, And The Firmament Of Fixed Stars ; The Whole Systematically Arranged and Scientifically Illustrated ; With Severeal Cuts And Engravings ; And Adapted To The Instruction Of Youth In Schools And AcademiesCollins And Hannay. No. 230 Pearl-street, 1831 - 375 pages |
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Page 151
... Herschel has been by far the most successful in observations of this kind . He has already formed a cata- logue containing 269 double stars , 227 of which have not been noticed by any other person . Among these there are also some stars ...
... Herschel has been by far the most successful in observations of this kind . He has already formed a cata- logue containing 269 double stars , 227 of which have not been noticed by any other person . Among these there are also some stars ...
Page 155
... Herschel has found to consist of a continued as- semblage of Nebulæ , or vast clusters of small stars . 14. Astronomers have divided the constellations into three classes , called the northern , the southern , and the zodaical . The ...
... Herschel has found to consist of a continued as- semblage of Nebulæ , or vast clusters of small stars . 14. Astronomers have divided the constellations into three classes , called the northern , the southern , and the zodaical . The ...
Page 157
... have also added Le Messier , Taurus Regalis ; Frederick's Ehre , Frederick's Glory ; and Tubus Herschelii Major , Herschel's Great Telescope . 14 III . SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS . 11. Apus vel Avis Indica OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE . 157.
... have also added Le Messier , Taurus Regalis ; Frederick's Ehre , Frederick's Glory ; and Tubus Herschelii Major , Herschel's Great Telescope . 14 III . SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS . 11. Apus vel Avis Indica OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE . 157.
Page 159
... Herschel's Less Telescope ; Montgolfier's Balloon ; the Press of Guttenberg ; the Cat , & c . QUESTIONS What are fixed stars ? What are planets , and how are they distinguish- ed from the fixed stars ? How are the fixed stars classed ...
... Herschel's Less Telescope ; Montgolfier's Balloon ; the Press of Guttenberg ; the Cat , & c . QUESTIONS What are fixed stars ? What are planets , and how are they distinguish- ed from the fixed stars ? How are the fixed stars classed ...
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... Herschel These are called primary planets , because they perform revolutions round the sun in their respective periodic times . The four planets , Juno , Vesta , Ceres , and Pallas , are sometimes called minor planets or asteroids . 2 ...
... Herschel These are called primary planets , because they perform revolutions round the sun in their respective periodic times . The four planets , Juno , Vesta , Ceres , and Pallas , are sometimes called minor planets or asteroids . 2 ...
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