Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1834 - Almanacs, English |
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... diameter ( containing therefore nearly 220,000 square miles , ) is the least space which can be distinctly dis- cerned on the sun as a visible area . Spots have been observed , however , whose linear diameter has been up- wards of ...
... diameter ( containing therefore nearly 220,000 square miles , ) is the least space which can be distinctly dis- cerned on the sun as a visible area . Spots have been observed , however , whose linear diameter has been up- wards of ...
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... diameter that he ever obtained , was when he employed the extraordinary power of 6450 times . From these observations it appears , that the apparent diameters of the fixed stars do not arise from any sensible disc , but from other ...
... diameter that he ever obtained , was when he employed the extraordinary power of 6450 times . From these observations it appears , that the apparent diameters of the fixed stars do not arise from any sensible disc , but from other ...
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... diameter . The growth of the oak must depend upon soil , and situ- ation ; and I think it probable , with great respect to the opinion quoted , that the diameter of an oak of a cen- tury's growth , under favourable circumstances , would ...
... diameter . The growth of the oak must depend upon soil , and situ- ation ; and I think it probable , with great respect to the opinion quoted , that the diameter of an oak of a cen- tury's growth , under favourable circumstances , would ...
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15th.-Illuminated disc 1st day 2d day 4th day altitude animalcules appearance Aquarii astronomers atmosphere axis beautiful birds bodies Capricorni Cassiopeia centre Cepheus Ceres colour Coma Berenices comet commenced conjunction dark Declination Delphinus diameter DIED difference of latitude distance double star earth eclipse EDWARD BLYTH Emersion feathers FIXED STARS Flamstead flowers fluid Geminorum Greatest and least greatest eastern elongation heaven Herschel horizon Immersion inferior conjunction John Herschel Jupiter least magnitude Leo Minor light MARTYR Mercury Meridian Transit months Moon morning motion nature nest night North Dec observed ox-eye perigee perihelion period PHENOMENA PLANETARUM planet remarkable Right Ascen ring rise round Saturn Second satellite seen semi-diameter shadow solar South Dec species spots sun's sweet Tauri TELESCOPIC OBJECTS thee Third satellite tion tree Uranus Ursa Ursa Major velocity Venus Vesta Virginis visible wing Wormegay young zenith