Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... Uranus , shine with full orbs , though with different degrees of brilliancy , according to their magnitudes and distances . The disc of Mercury appears under an angle of 16 " . Venus 30 " , Mars 10 " , Jupiter 37 " , Saturn 16 " , and ...
... Uranus , shine with full orbs , though with different degrees of brilliancy , according to their magnitudes and distances . The disc of Mercury appears under an angle of 16 " . Venus 30 " , Mars 10 " , Jupiter 37 " , Saturn 16 " , and ...
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... Uranus ; all are supe- rior , consequently all in succession , transit his 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 ...
... Uranus ; all are supe- rior , consequently all in succession , transit his 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 ...
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... Uranus . 1st day , Uranus north of 8 Capricorni . ASTRONOMICAL NOTES , & c . July 2nd , 1621 . 60 years . THOMAS HARRIOT died , aged It appears from some of his manuscripts lately dis- covered , that he observed the spots of the sun as ...
... Uranus . 1st day , Uranus north of 8 Capricorni . ASTRONOMICAL NOTES , & c . July 2nd , 1621 . 60 years . THOMAS HARRIOT died , aged It appears from some of his manuscripts lately dis- covered , that he observed the spots of the sun as ...
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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