“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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... bodies which compose the Solar Sys- tem , - 231 II . Explanation of Astronomical terms , 239 III . Of the Sun , - 248 IV . Of the Geocentric motions of the Planets 257 V. Of Mercury , - - 274 VI . Of Venus , - - 279 VII . Of the Earth ...
... bodies which compose the Solar Sys- tem , - 231 II . Explanation of Astronomical terms , 239 III . Of the Sun , - 248 IV . Of the Geocentric motions of the Planets 257 V. Of Mercury , - - 274 VI . Of Venus , - - 279 VII . Of the Earth ...
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... bodies , their motions , periods , eclipses , magnitudes , distances , and other phenomena . The determination of their magnitudes , distances , and the orbits which they describe , is called plane or pure Astrono- my ; and the ...
... bodies , their motions , periods , eclipses , magnitudes , distances , and other phenomena . The determination of their magnitudes , distances , and the orbits which they describe , is called plane or pure Astrono- my ; and the ...
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... body , every part of whose surface is equally distant from a point within , called its centre . 2. Artificial Globes are of two kinds , terrestrial and celestial . The artificial globes are of considerable use in geography and astronomy ...
... body , every part of whose surface is equally distant from a point within , called its centre . 2. Artificial Globes are of two kinds , terrestrial and celestial . The artificial globes are of considerable use in geography and astronomy ...
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... bodies are subject , we cannot but recognise the ex- istence of one general cause which moves them , or which seems to move them round the earth ; and , as LAPLACE re- marks in his System of the World , since the heavenly bodies present ...
... bodies are subject , we cannot but recognise the ex- istence of one general cause which moves them , or which seems to move them round the earth ; and , as LAPLACE re- marks in his System of the World , since the heavenly bodies present ...
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... bodies , their altitudes , & c .; and the lower divisions are applied to finding the beginning , end , and duration of twilight . 9. The hour circles are two small circles on the globe , placed at the north and south poles , having the ...
... bodies , their altitudes , & c .; and the lower divisions are applied to finding the beginning , end , and duration of twilight . 9. The hour circles are two small circles on the globe , placed at the north and south poles , having the ...
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American miles analemma angle aphelion apparent diameter appear Arcturus Aries astronomers axis azimuth body brazen meridian bring the given called celestial globe centre climate comet constellation days and nights difference diurnal motion earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial point equinox fixed stars given place globe westward greatest heavens heliacally hemisphere Hence Herschel horizon hour circle inferior conjunction inferior planets inhabitants Jupiter latitude length longest day longitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian altitude minutes moon nearly New-York node noon north or south north pole number of degrees o'clock oblique observed orbit parallax parallel of latitude passing perihelion polar circles principal stars Prob quadrant of altitude Rectify the globe remarkable stars retrograde revolution right ascension rising and setting satellites Saturn set the index sidereal solar south pole sun's declination sun's place superior planet supposed surface telescope terrestrial globe tion tude turn the globe twilight Venus zenith zone