A Popular Grammar of the Elements of Astronomy Adapted to the Use of Students and Public Schools: Illustrated with Thirty-seven EngravingsSir R. Phillips and Company, 1820 - 287 pages |
Contents
HISTORY OF THE PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
Venusher distance from the Sun rotatory | 14 |
Of the Satellites | 26 |
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altitude angle aphelion apparent diameter Arcturus Aries ascending node astronomical axis called celestial body centre circle comet conjunction constellation declination degrees dial digits eclipsed direction disc diurnal motion double stars earth earth's orbit earth's shadow east ecliptic limit equal equinoctial equinox excentricity fixed stars geocentric longitude globe heavenly bodies heavens heliocentric hemisphere Hence Herschel horary motion horizon horizontal parallax Illus inclination inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude less Libra light limb longitude lunar magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian milky minutes moon's orbit move nearest nearly nebulosity nebulous nebulous matter noon observed opposition orbit order of distances passing perihelion Plate pole quadrant quadratures radius refraction retrograde revolve right ascension rising round satellites Saturn seconds seen semidiameter small stars space sphere sun and moon sun's superior planet supposed surface syzygies tance telescope tion umbra Uranus velocity Venus visible