Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... tion it coincided with the autumnal equinox . 19 days 17 hours the sun enters Aquarius . SOLAR ECLIPSE , The sun will be eclipsed on the 20th of this month , but invisible to the British Isles . The ecliptic conjunc- tion occurs at 9 ...
... tion it coincided with the autumnal equinox . 19 days 17 hours the sun enters Aquarius . SOLAR ECLIPSE , The sun will be eclipsed on the 20th of this month , but invisible to the British Isles . The ecliptic conjunc- tion occurs at 9 ...
Page 73
... tion even with powerful instruments , the sun's rays only sliding along each side of the plane , which being only " in thickness , the edge reflected so little light as to render it imperceptible . At 5 d . 9 h . the sun's diameter ...
... tion even with powerful instruments , the sun's rays only sliding along each side of the plane , which being only " in thickness , the edge reflected so little light as to render it imperceptible . At 5 d . 9 h . the sun's diameter ...
Page 136
... tion , her poles alternately become visible to , and ob- scured from us . This phenomenon is called her libra- tion in latitude . There is also another phenomenon connected with the lunar disc , arising from the moon being seen by us ...
... tion , her poles alternately become visible to , and ob- scured from us . This phenomenon is called her libra- tion in latitude . There is also another phenomenon connected with the lunar disc , arising from the moon being seen by us ...
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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