An Astronomical Catechism: Or, Dialogues Between a Mother and Her Daughtersold, 1818 - 400 páginas |
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... lunar cycle of 19 years . What do you mean by the lunar cycle ? It is a grand revolution of the moon , in which period the new and full moons , the conjunctions , and lunar aspects , fall on the days , exactly corresponding with those ...
... lunar cycle of 19 years . What do you mean by the lunar cycle ? It is a grand revolution of the moon , in which period the new and full moons , the conjunctions , and lunar aspects , fall on the days , exactly corresponding with those ...
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... beholder and the vessel , having the form of a curve . The circular shadow of the earth upon the face of the moon , in the time of a lunar eclipse , evinces the form of the earth ; besides which , from 54 AN ASTRONOMICAL CATECHISM .
... beholder and the vessel , having the form of a curve . The circular shadow of the earth upon the face of the moon , in the time of a lunar eclipse , evinces the form of the earth ; besides which , from 54 AN ASTRONOMICAL CATECHISM .
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... spoken to me once , or twice , so highly of Sir William Herschel , that I should like to know , what he says of the height of the lunar mountains . They have , he thinks , been over - rated AN ASTRONOMICAL CATECHISM . 61.
... spoken to me once , or twice , so highly of Sir William Herschel , that I should like to know , what he says of the height of the lunar mountains . They have , he thinks , been over - rated AN ASTRONOMICAL CATECHISM . 61.
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... lunar regions among those philosophers and astronomers who have distinguished themselves by advancing the knowledge of the heavens ; giving the names of the most celebrated characters , to the largest spots , and those of less eminence ...
... lunar regions among those philosophers and astronomers who have distinguished themselves by advancing the knowledge of the heavens ; giving the names of the most celebrated characters , to the largest spots , and those of less eminence ...
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... variation in the apparent dimensions of the spots on the lunar disk , and in their distance from the limbs of the moon . * Memorandum III . F Are these the only variations to which the spots are AN ASTRONOMICAL CATECHISM . 65.
... variation in the apparent dimensions of the spots on the lunar disk , and in their distance from the limbs of the moon . * Memorandum III . F Are these the only variations to which the spots are AN ASTRONOMICAL CATECHISM . 65.
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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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