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... astronomical tables . 66 23 , 1785. DR . MATTHEW STEWART died , aged 68 years . A celebrated mathematician and ... astronomical apparatus were destroyed . 31 , 807. Jupiter eclipsed by the moon . It is a fine remark of La Place , that ...
... astronomical tables . 66 23 , 1785. DR . MATTHEW STEWART died , aged 68 years . A celebrated mathematician and ... astronomical apparatus were destroyed . 31 , 807. Jupiter eclipsed by the moon . It is a fine remark of La Place , that ...
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... ASTRONOMICAL NOTES , & c . April 2 , 1799. P. C. LE MONNIER died , aged 84 years . From his earliest years he devoted himself to astronomy ; when a youth of sixteen , he made his first observation , which was on the opposition of Saturn ...
... ASTRONOMICAL NOTES , & c . April 2 , 1799. P. C. LE MONNIER died , aged 84 years . From his earliest years he devoted himself to astronomy ; when a youth of sixteen , he made his first observation , which was on the opposition of Saturn ...
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... astronomical science in this country , who was too enthusiastic a lover of astronomy to suffer such a grant to be received as a mere mark of royal favour . He proposed to erect an observatory fit for the reception and application of his ...
... astronomical science in this country , who was too enthusiastic a lover of astronomy to suffer such a grant to be received as a mere mark of royal favour . He proposed to erect an observatory fit for the reception and application of his ...
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1st day 4th day afterwards aphelion appears ascending node astronomer beautiful Beetle birds born Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH celebrated celestial comet conjunction Daniel Bernoulli dark death Declin diameter died difference of latitude Digits eclipsed disc distance early earth eclipse Emersion eminent Equation FLEMING FORM OF SATURN'S Galileo greatest heavens Herschel inferior conjunction inferior planets insects John John Herschel Jupiter Kepler labours LEACH light LINNEUS Lord LUNAR magnitude Major axis Mars MARTYR Mercury Minor axis moon morning Moth motion nature never night node o'er Observatory observed orbit Pallas perigee perihelion period planet published QUADRUPEDS remarkable RENNIE revolution Right Ascen ring of Saturn round Royal SATURN'S RING says Second satellite seen Semi-diameter shadow shining solar solar eclipse stars STEPHENS telescope TEMMINCK thee thou tion transit transits of Mercury trees Uranus Venus visible volumes vulgaris winter