“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 31
... inhabitants of the earth . They had also recourse to the same means , and both the present and the early impostors have pretended to ancient observations of the heavenly bodies , and recounted eclipses in particular , to vouch for the ...
... inhabitants of the earth . They had also recourse to the same means , and both the present and the early impostors have pretended to ancient observations of the heavenly bodies , and recounted eclipses in particular , to vouch for the ...
Page 33
... inhabitants who have this position of the sphere live at the equator ; they have therefore no latitude , nor no ele- vation of the pole . All the heavenly bodies will appear to revolve round the earth from east to west , in circles ...
... inhabitants who have this position of the sphere live at the equator ; they have therefore no latitude , nor no ele- vation of the pole . All the heavenly bodies will appear to revolve round the earth from east to west , in circles ...
Page 34
... inhabitants of a sphere in this position , if there are any , live at the poles ; they have the greatest possible latitude ; and the stars , which are situated in the hemisphere to which the inhabitants belong , never set , but ...
... inhabitants of a sphere in this position , if there are any , live at the poles ; they have the greatest possible latitude ; and the stars , which are situated in the hemisphere to which the inhabitants belong , never set , but ...
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... inhabitants of the earth who live under opposite meridians , and op- posite parallels of latitude ; their difference of lon- gitude being 180 degrees , and the one having the same degrees of north latitude as the other has of south ...
... inhabitants of the earth who live under opposite meridians , and op- posite parallels of latitude ; their difference of lon- gitude being 180 degrees , and the one having the same degrees of north latitude as the other has of south ...
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... inhabitants have no shadow , and are then called Ascii , or shadowless . 11. Heteroscii is a name given to the inhabitants of the temperate zones , because they cast their shadows at noon only one way . Thus the shadow of an inhabitant ...
... inhabitants have no shadow , and are then called Ascii , or shadowless . 11. Heteroscii is a name given to the inhabitants of the temperate zones , because they cast their shadows at noon only one way . Thus the shadow of an inhabitant ...
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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