Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... MERCURY , if the nearest planet to the sun , never be- holds a crescent luminary ; Venus , at certain positions of her orbit , exhibits a gibbous phase in the same way that Mars sometimes appears of this form to the earth . From this ...
... MERCURY , if the nearest planet to the sun , never be- holds a crescent luminary ; Venus , at certain positions of her orbit , exhibits a gibbous phase in the same way that Mars sometimes appears of this form to the earth . From this ...
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... Mercury depends on four of his revolutions being nearly equal to one revolution of the earth , or according to the following ratio : — 7 revolutions of the Earth = 29 revolutions of Mercury . 13 .... 33 === 54 137 46 = 191 , & c ...
... Mercury depends on four of his revolutions being nearly equal to one revolution of the earth , or according to the following ratio : — 7 revolutions of the Earth = 29 revolutions of Mercury . 13 .... 33 === 54 137 46 = 191 , & c ...
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expiration of these periods . A transit occurs when Mercury is in his nodes ( those points where the orbit intersects the ecliptic ) , and the earth is in the same longitude . The node , from which Mercury ascends northward above the ...
expiration of these periods . A transit occurs when Mercury is in his nodes ( those points where the orbit intersects the ecliptic ) , and the earth is in the same longitude . The node , from which Mercury ascends northward above the ...
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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