Outlines of AstronomyLongman, green and Roberts, 1859 - 714 pages |
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Page viii
... rest of the work readily and easily ac- cessible ; to readers desirous of preparing themselves , by the possession of a sort of carte du pays , for a campaign in the most difficult , but at the same time the most attractive and the most ...
... rest of the work readily and easily ac- cessible ; to readers desirous of preparing themselves , by the possession of a sort of carte du pays , for a campaign in the most difficult , but at the same time the most attractive and the most ...
Page ix
... rest of the work to have introduced into this part of it any algebraic investigations ; else it would have been easy to show that the mode of pro- cedure here followed leads direct , and by steps ( for the subject ) of the most ...
... rest of the work to have introduced into this part of it any algebraic investigations ; else it would have been easy to show that the mode of pro- cedure here followed leads direct , and by steps ( for the subject ) of the most ...
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... rest , are to him spacious , elaborate , and habitable worlds ; several of them much greater and far more curiously furnished than the earth he inhabits , as there are also others less so ; and the stars them- selves , properly so ...
... rest , are to him spacious , elaborate , and habitable worlds ; several of them much greater and far more curiously furnished than the earth he inhabits , as there are also others less so ; and the stars them- selves , properly so ...
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... rest , and as the only one among them to which we can , in the first instance , refer for any determinate marks and measures by which to recognize their changes of situation , or with which to compare their distances . ( 13. ) To the ...
... rest , and as the only one among them to which we can , in the first instance , refer for any determinate marks and measures by which to recognize their changes of situation , or with which to compare their distances . ( 13. ) To the ...
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... rest , and if in motion , what that motion is , is no idle inquiry , but one on which depends our only chance of arriving at true conclusions respecting the constitution of the universe . ( 15. ) Nor let it be thought strange that we ...
... rest , and if in motion , what that motion is , is no idle inquiry , but one on which depends our only chance of arriving at true conclusions respecting the constitution of the universe . ( 15. ) Nor let it be thought strange that we ...
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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