Outlines of AstronomyLongman, green and Roberts, 1859 - 714 pages |
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... follows : - In Europe . VOYAGES AND Authors . A CONTINENTAL TOUR ........ 1. BARROW . ARCTIC VOYAGES AND DIS- COVERIES ... nding F. MAYNE , BRITTANY AND THE BIBLE I , HOPE , BRITTANY AND THE CHASE I. HOPE CORSICA ...
... follows : - In Europe . VOYAGES AND Authors . A CONTINENTAL TOUR ........ 1. BARROW . ARCTIC VOYAGES AND DIS- COVERIES ... nding F. MAYNE , BRITTANY AND THE BIBLE I , HOPE , BRITTANY AND THE CHASE I. HOPE CORSICA ...
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... follow in this work is neither strictly the analytic nor the synthetic , but rather such a combination of both , with a leaning to the latter , as may best suit with a didactic composition . Its object is not to convince or refute ...
... follow in this work is neither strictly the analytic nor the synthetic , but rather such a combination of both , with a leaning to the latter , as may best suit with a didactic composition . Its object is not to convince or refute ...
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... follow by those who string them . This is no fault of those who have con- ducted the inquiries to which we allude . The contention of mind for which they call is enormous ; and it may , perhaps , be owing to their experience of how ...
... follow by those who string them . This is no fault of those who have con- ducted the inquiries to which we allude . The contention of mind for which they call is enormous ; and it may , perhaps , be owing to their experience of how ...
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... follow out their order of sequence , and to establish empirical laws expressive of this order . To get rid of this prejudice , therefore , is the first step towards acquiring a knowledge of what is really the case ; and the student has ...
... follow out their order of sequence , and to establish empirical laws expressive of this order . To get rid of this prejudice , therefore , is the first step towards acquiring a knowledge of what is really the case ; and the student has ...
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... follow that all the movements we think we perceive among the stars will not be real movements , but that some part , at least , of whatever changes of relative place we per- ceive among them must be merely apparent , the results of the ...
... follow that all the movements we think we perceive among the stars will not be real movements , but that some part , at least , of whatever changes of relative place we per- ceive among them must be merely apparent , the results of the ...
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amount angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomical attraction axis bright calculation celestial circle comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic effect epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe gravity heavens heliocentric hemisphere horizon inclination increase inequality instance instrument interval Jupiter latitude latter less light longitude lunar magnitude mass mean measure meridian moon moon's motion nearly nebula node normal force nutation object observed orbit parallax parallel perigee perihelion period perturbations phænomena planet planetary pole portion position precession precisely proper motions proportion recede recess reckoned refraction remarkable render respect result revolution revolving right ascension ring rotation round satellites Saturn seen sidereal sidereal day situation solar sphere spherical stars station sun's suppose surface syzygies tangential force telescope tion Uranus variation velocity visible whole zenith