An Astronomical Catechism: Or, Dialogues Between a Mother and Her Daughtersold, 1818 - 400 páginas |
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... The Planets , and their Satellites 103 · X. Comets 124 XI . Conclusion 135 PART THE SECOND . XII . The starry Heavens 143 XIII . The Method of finding the Stars . 155 Chapter . Page . XIV . The Antiquity of Chaldean A 3.
... The Planets , and their Satellites 103 · X. Comets 124 XI . Conclusion 135 PART THE SECOND . XII . The starry Heavens 143 XIII . The Method of finding the Stars . 155 Chapter . Page . XIV . The Antiquity of Chaldean A 3.
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... comets , to the starry heavens , and to the constellations in general : and I cannot ex- press to you the anxiety I feel , that this branch of science may early occupy your most serious attention . But why are you particularly anxious ...
... comets , to the starry heavens , and to the constellations in general : and I cannot ex- press to you the anxiety I feel , that this branch of science may early occupy your most serious attention . But why are you particularly anxious ...
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... astronomy , express their fears at the appearance of a comet ; and I was this morning reading an account of the practices of the superstitious Hindoos at the time of an eclipse . 3 38 AN ASTRONOMICAL CATECHISM , The Uses of Astronomy.
... astronomy , express their fears at the appearance of a comet ; and I was this morning reading an account of the practices of the superstitious Hindoos at the time of an eclipse . 3 38 AN ASTRONOMICAL CATECHISM , The Uses of Astronomy.
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... comets . We will now direct our attention to each of these , beginning with those pre - eminently interesting to us ; the sun , the earth , and the moon . The sun , you have told me , is the centre of the system , round which the ...
... comets . We will now direct our attention to each of these , beginning with those pre - eminently interesting to us ; the sun , the earth , and the moon . The sun , you have told me , is the centre of the system , round which the ...
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... comet ; but , in a little time , himself , Dr. Maskelyne , and others , determined that it was a planet . Are these all the planets which belong to the solar system ? No : astronomers , aroused to action by the success of Dr. Herschel ...
... comet ; but , in a little time , himself , Dr. Maskelyne , and others , determined that it was a planet . Are these all the planets which belong to the solar system ? No : astronomers , aroused to action by the success of Dr. Herschel ...
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An Astronomical Catechism: Or, Dialogues Between a Mother and Her Daughter Catherine Vale Whitwell Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
An Astronomical Catechism, Or, Dialogues Between a Mother and Her Daughter Catherine Vale Whitwell Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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ancient appears astronomy atmosphere attention Auriga axis beautiful Bible bones Boötes Canis Major Cassiopeia celestial Centaurus centre Cepheus Cetus Chaldean Christ circle comet considerable constella constellation dark dear mamma degree distance dragon eclipse Egypt Egyptian Eridanus fable fact favour fixed stars full moon globe Grecian Greeks head heat heavenly bodies heavens hemisphere Hercules Hipparchus honour horizon human hundred illustration immense Indian Jupiter less light lunar Memorandum millions of miles mind moon moon's motion move mythology nature night Noah node observe orbit Orion Osiris period planets Pleiades polar pole present probable Ptolemy remarkable respecting revolution revolving rise round the earth round the sun Saturn seasons serpent shadow Sir William Herschel Sirius situated solar sphere spots sun's suppose telescope tell thing thousand miles tides tion Tycho Brahe Typhon Ursa Major velocity Venus waters zodiac