Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... earth . 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 ...
... earth . 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 ...
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... earth , and sometimes on the opposite , both occasionally transit the solar disc , ( which appears under an angle of 21 ' ) , when the earth and moon are seen on the sun as two black spots of unequal magnitude . The earth never diverges ...
... earth , and sometimes on the opposite , both occasionally transit the solar disc , ( which appears under an angle of 21 ' ) , when the earth and moon are seen on the sun as two black spots of unequal magnitude . The earth never diverges ...
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... earth under a bell glass . The careful mother soon scooped out another cell , and col- lected the scattered eggs with great care into the little nest , placing herself over them , not so much , as it afterwards appeared , to keep them ...
... earth under a bell glass . The careful mother soon scooped out another cell , and col- lected the scattered eggs with great care into the little nest , placing herself over them , not so much , as it afterwards appeared , to keep them ...
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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