School Atlas of Astronomy: Comprising, in Twenty-one Plates, a Complete Series of Illustrations of the Heavenly BodiesWilliam Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 70 strani |
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... appear for the first time - Plate 13 , Meteors ; 14 , Spectrum Analysis applied to the Sun and Stars ; and 21 , Ecliptic Charts , representing the apparent paths of the planets Venus , Mars , & c . Plates 4 , 5 , 9 , and 12 have been re ...
... appear for the first time - Plate 13 , Meteors ; 14 , Spectrum Analysis applied to the Sun and Stars ; and 21 , Ecliptic Charts , representing the apparent paths of the planets Venus , Mars , & c . Plates 4 , 5 , 9 , and 12 have been re ...
Stran 2
... appear to travel in the opposite direction , or from east to On the whole , however , their eastward motion exceeds their westward motion , and the result is that they ultimately make the complete tour of the heavens in the direction ...
... appear to travel in the opposite direction , or from east to On the whole , however , their eastward motion exceeds their westward motion , and the result is that they ultimately make the complete tour of the heavens in the direction ...
Stran 3
... appear to have ascended to any general views respecting the system of the universe . It is to the astronomers of ancient Greece that we owe the earliest advances made in this respect . According to the system most generally prevalent ...
... appear to have ascended to any general views respecting the system of the universe . It is to the astronomers of ancient Greece that we owe the earliest advances made in this respect . According to the system most generally prevalent ...
Stran 5
... appears on the meridian . Since the interval between two successive returns of the real sun to the meridian is perpetually varying throughout the year , it is obvious that the instant of apparent noon will generally differ throughout ...
... appears on the meridian . Since the interval between two successive returns of the real sun to the meridian is perpetually varying throughout the year , it is obvious that the instant of apparent noon will generally differ throughout ...
Stran 6
... appears on the meridian only once in twenty - four hours , and at the instant of arrival its disc may be obscured by clouds . On the other hand , the stars are dotted over the whole heavens , and the astronomer conse- quently , by ...
... appears on the meridian only once in twenty - four hours , and at the instant of arrival its disc may be obscured by clouds . On the other hand , the stars are dotted over the whole heavens , and the astronomer conse- quently , by ...
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amounts angle angular apparent diameter apparent paths apparent position apparition appear astronomers Atlas atmosphere axis body brightness celestial object celestial sphere centre circle circumstance comet constellation dark lines direction discovered discovery diurnal motion double star earth's orbit earth's surface ecliptic Edinburgh & London Engraved & Printed equator excentricity exhibits greatest heavens Herschel horizon inches inferior conjunction inferior planets instance Jupiter KEITH JOHNSTON light longitude magnitude Maps Mars mean distance mean solar Mercury meridian meteors millions of miles minor planets moon moon's motion movements naked eye nebula Neptune night node observations opposite passing perihelion phenomena planet revolves Printed in Colours rays refraction remarkable represented result revolving round right ascension ring round the sun satellites Saturn seen shadow shooting stars sidereal solar parallax solar spectrum south pole southern hemisphere spots sun's disc superior planets suppose synodic revolution telescope termed total eclipse Uranus velocity Venus visible William Blackwood
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Stran 17 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Stran 70 - Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland ; and JAMES NICOL, FRSE, FGS, Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. Constructed by ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRSE, &c., Geographer to the Queen, Author of the "Physical Atlas,