Outlines of AstronomyLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, 1851 - 661 pages |
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... least book .... and artist- art - library h qualities faint and an hardly , lication , As represented in the FINE ARTS , forming the Second Series of Sacred and Legendary Art . Second Edition , corrected and enlarged . With 11 Etchings ...
... least book .... and artist- art - library h qualities faint and an hardly , lication , As represented in the FINE ARTS , forming the Second Series of Sacred and Legendary Art . Second Edition , corrected and enlarged . With 11 Etchings ...
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... least book ..... SKETCHES in and artist . art - library h qualities faint and an hardly , adication . CANADA , The Early Bishops , The Hermits , The Warrior Saints of Christendom , With many Woodcats , and 10 Etchings by the Square ...
... least book ..... SKETCHES in and artist . art - library h qualities faint and an hardly , adication . CANADA , The Early Bishops , The Hermits , The Warrior Saints of Christendom , With many Woodcats , and 10 Etchings by the Square ...
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... least imperfectly , because much has hitherto escaped his notice which is essential to its right understanding : and not only so , but too often also erroneously , owing to mistaken analogies , and the general prevalence of vulgar ...
... least imperfectly , because much has hitherto escaped his notice which is essential to its right understanding : and not only so , but too often also erroneously , owing to mistaken analogies , and the general prevalence of vulgar ...
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... least be kept in view ; and , as I am very conscious of having , in making such attempts , gained for myself much clearer views of several of the more concealed effects of planetary perturbation than I had acquired by their mathematical ...
... least be kept in view ; and , as I am very conscious of having , in making such attempts , gained for myself much clearer views of several of the more concealed effects of planetary perturbation than I had acquired by their mathematical ...
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... least , of whatever changes of relative place we per- ceive among them must be merely apparent , the results of the shifting of our own point of view ; and that , if we would ever arrive at a knowledge of their real motions , it can ...
... least , of whatever changes of relative place we per- ceive among them must be merely apparent , the results of the shifting of our own point of view ; and that , if we would ever arrive at a knowledge of their real motions , it can ...
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angle angular appear apsides ascertained astronomical axis bright calculation celestial centre circle comet curve described diameter difference direction disc distance disturbed body disturbing force diurnal diurnal motion double stars earth ecliptic Edition effect elements ellipse epoch equal equator equinoctial equinox error exact excentricity fixed globe heavens heliocentric horizon inclination 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 planet planetary pole portion position Post 8vo precession proper motions proportion recede recess reckoned refraction respect result revolution right ascension rotation round satellites Saturn seen sidereal sidereal day sidereal period situation solar sphere spherical stars station sun's suppose surface syzygies tangential force telescope tion Uranus variation velocity visible vols whole Woodcuts zenith
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