Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... meridian sun . Also , if any planet is circumfused with a dense and semi - transparent atmosphere , but few stars would be visible , and the bright sun himself would not appear defined ; this is probably the case with the planet Venus ...
... meridian sun . Also , if any planet is circumfused with a dense and semi - transparent atmosphere , but few stars would be visible , and the bright sun himself would not appear defined ; this is probably the case with the planet Venus ...
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... meridian at midnight . The most beautiful objects of a Mercurial night are our planet with its moon shining in conjunc- tion with Venus : occasionally the moon is seen to pass over the face of our planet , or glide into its shadow . To ...
... meridian at midnight . The most beautiful objects of a Mercurial night are our planet with its moon shining in conjunc- tion with Venus : occasionally the moon is seen to pass over the face of our planet , or glide into its shadow . To ...
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... meridian , he discovered a new secret of nature , namely , that the radii of the parallels in south latitude are not of the same length as those of the corresponding parallels in north latitude , consequently that the north- ern and ...
... meridian , he discovered a new secret of nature , namely , that the radii of the parallels in south latitude are not of the same length as those of the corresponding parallels in north latitude , consequently that the north- ern and ...
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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