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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... caused by the protuberant matter at the earth's equator , 157. Moon affected by the re- dundant matter at the ... Causes of this search , 207. Leverrier's researches on Mer- cury , 209. Its transit in May , 1845 , 211. Leverrier presents ...
... caused by the protuberant matter at the earth's equator , 157. Moon affected by the re- dundant matter at the ... Causes of this search , 207. Leverrier's researches on Mer- cury , 209. Its transit in May , 1845 , 211. Leverrier presents ...
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... cause , and those terrific phenomena , solar and lunar eclipses , which had long covered the earth with terror and dis- may , were wrapped in mystery , and their explanation had resisted the sagacity of the most powerful and gifted ...
... cause , and those terrific phenomena , solar and lunar eclipses , which had long covered the earth with terror and dis- may , were wrapped in mystery , and their explanation had resisted the sagacity of the most powerful and gifted ...
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... causes of the solar eclipse were first detected . It was observed , that no eclipse of the sun ever occurred , when the moon was visible . Even during a solar eclipse , when the sun's light had entirely faded away , and the stars and ...
... causes of the solar eclipse were first detected . It was observed , that no eclipse of the sun ever occurred , when the moon was visible . Even during a solar eclipse , when the sun's light had entirely faded away , and the stars and ...
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... causes pro ducing the eclipses of the sun and the phases of the moon , it remained yet to resolve the mystery of the lunar eclipse . It was far more difficult to render a satisfactory account of this phenomenon than either of F the ...
... causes pro ducing the eclipses of the sun and the phases of the moon , it remained yet to resolve the mystery of the lunar eclipse . It was far more difficult to render a satisfactory account of this phenomenon than either of F the ...
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... cause of her eclipse . The moon had already been shown to be non - luminous , and the moment the interposition of the earth , between it and its source of light , the sun , cut off its light , it ceased to be visible , and passed ...
... cause of her eclipse . The moon had already been shown to be non - luminous , and the moment the interposition of the earth , between it and its source of light , the sun , cut off its light , it ceased to be visible , and passed ...
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