The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern AstronomyOakley & Mason, 1866 - 326 páginas |
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... solar eclipses ; discovery of the moon's reflective light , and explanation of her pl ases , 61. Lunar eclipses explained ; prediction of the first eclipse , 65. Value of recorded eclipses , 68 . B ( xiii ) LECTURE III . THEORIES FOR ...
... solar eclipses ; discovery of the moon's reflective light , and explanation of her pl ases , 61. Lunar eclipses explained ; prediction of the first eclipse , 65. Value of recorded eclipses , 68 . B ( xiii ) LECTURE III . THEORIES FOR ...
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... SOLAR SYSTEM . The era of physical astronomy commences , 132. A theoretic system proposed and discussed , a central sun and solitary planet 133. Planets and satellites added and their effects considered 136. Αν TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... SOLAR SYSTEM . The era of physical astronomy commences , 132. A theoretic system proposed and discussed , a central sun and solitary planet 133. Planets and satellites added and their effects considered 136. Αν TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... solar motion , 300. His reasoning , 302. Argelander's research for the point towards which the solar system is moving , 306. Struve's investigation for the quantity of angular motion of the system , as seen from stars of the first ...
... solar motion , 300. His reasoning , 302. Argelander's research for the point towards which the solar system is moving , 306. Struve's investigation for the quantity of angular motion of the system , as seen from stars of the first ...
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... solar system . But this is only one unit among many millions Whence the myriads of stars ? those stupendous ag- gregations into mighty clusters ? what the laws of their wonderful movements , of their perpetual stability ? Who will ...
... solar system . But this is only one unit among many millions Whence the myriads of stars ? those stupendous ag- gregations into mighty clusters ? what the laws of their wonderful movements , of their perpetual stability ? Who will ...
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... solar beams , having actually passed by the sun . Watching and reflecting , steadily pursuing the march of the northern constellations , which never en- tirely disappeared , and noting the relative positions of these , and those falling ...
... solar beams , having actually passed by the sun . Watching and reflecting , steadily pursuing the march of the northern constellations , which never en- tirely disappeared , and noting the relative positions of these , and those falling ...
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