Outlines of AstronomyLongman, green and Roberts, 1859 - 714 pages |
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... reason to expect that those objects and relations . which , taken together , constitute the subject he is about to enter upon will have been previously apprehended by him , at least imperfectly , because much has hitherto escaped his ...
... reason to expect that those objects and relations . which , taken together , constitute the subject he is about to enter upon will have been previously apprehended by him , at least imperfectly , because much has hitherto escaped his ...
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... circumstances , the appeal has to be made , not to the pure and abstract reason , but to the sense of analogy to practice and experience : principles and - modes of action have to be established not by direct B 3 INTRODUCTION . 5.
... circumstances , the appeal has to be made , not to the pure and abstract reason , but to the sense of analogy to practice and experience : principles and - modes of action have to be established not by direct B 3 INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... reason at all . As for the method of assertion , or a direct demand on the faith of the student ( though in some complex cases indispensable , where illustrative explanation would defeat its own end by becoming tedious and burdensome to ...
... reason at all . As for the method of assertion , or a direct demand on the faith of the student ( though in some complex cases indispensable , where illustrative explanation would defeat its own end by becoming tedious and burdensome to ...
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... reason , that we must attribute something of that indistinctness of view which is often complained of as a grievance by the earnest student , and still more commonly ascribed ironically to the native ― - cloudiness of an atmosphere too ...
... reason , that we must attribute something of that indistinctness of view which is often complained of as a grievance by the earnest student , and still more commonly ascribed ironically to the native ― - cloudiness of an atmosphere too ...
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... reason , theory , or interpretation of the stars + , has become degraded in its application , and confined to ... reason , or a word , the vehicle of reason ; the interpreter of thought . terded planetary influences , the same meaning ...
... reason , theory , or interpretation of the stars + , has become degraded in its application , and confined to ... reason , or a word , the vehicle of reason ; the interpreter of thought . terded planetary influences , the same meaning ...
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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