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... heavens . The Milky Way . The Zodiac . Of the ecliptic . Celestial latitudes and longitudes . Precession of the equinoxes . Nutation . Aberration Refraction . Parallax . Summary view of the uranographical cor- rections - 176 - CHAPTER ...
... heavens . The Milky Way . The Zodiac . Of the ecliptic . Celestial latitudes and longitudes . Precession of the equinoxes . Nutation . Aberration Refraction . Parallax . Summary view of the uranographical cor- rections - 176 - CHAPTER ...
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... heavens . Of the Milky Way or galaxy . Its supposed form that of a flat stratum partially subdivided . Its visible course among the constellations . Its Internal structure . Its apparently indefinite extent in certain direc- tions . Of ...
... heavens . Of the Milky Way or galaxy . Its supposed form that of a flat stratum partially subdivided . Its visible course among the constellations . Its Internal structure . Its apparently indefinite extent in certain direc- tions . Of ...
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... heavens . Irregular clusters . Resolvability of nebulæ . Theory of the formation of clus- ters by nebulous subsidence . Of elliptic nebulæ . That of Andro- meda . Annular and planetary nebulæ . Double nebulæ . Nebulous stars ...
... heavens . Irregular clusters . Resolvability of nebulæ . Theory of the formation of clus- ters by nebulous subsidence . Of elliptic nebulæ . That of Andro- meda . Annular and planetary nebulæ . Double nebulæ . Nebulous stars ...
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... not taxed with in- correctness , though a man in the foreground should be re- presented larger than a mountain in the distance . So it is to a spectator of the heavenly bodies pictured , projected D 2 THE SPHERE OF THE HEAVENS . 35.
... not taxed with in- correctness , though a man in the foreground should be re- presented larger than a mountain in the distance . So it is to a spectator of the heavenly bodies pictured , projected D 2 THE SPHERE OF THE HEAVENS . 35.
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John Frederick William Herschel. to a spectator of the heavenly bodies pictured , projected , or mapped down on that imaginary sphere we call the sky or heaven . Thus , we may easily conceive that the moon , which appears to us as large ...
John Frederick William Herschel. to a spectator of the heavenly bodies pictured , projected , or mapped down on that imaginary sphere we call the sky or heaven . Thus , we may easily conceive that the moon , which appears to us as large ...
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