Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1834 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 49
... observed the Sun when he was in the horizon , and when his brilliancy was impaired by thin clouds , and floating vapours ; and he advises those who repeat his observations to receive at first a small portion of the Sun , and gradually ...
... observed the Sun when he was in the horizon , and when his brilliancy was impaired by thin clouds , and floating vapours ; and he advises those who repeat his observations to receive at first a small portion of the Sun , and gradually ...
Page 64
... observed throughout , any where in England . At Greenwich , the Astronomer Royal obtained a very satisfactory observation of the immersion of the centre . The instrument selected was the eastern , ( or * The Royal Naval Asylum School ...
... observed throughout , any where in England . At Greenwich , the Astronomer Royal obtained a very satisfactory observation of the immersion of the centre . The instrument selected was the eastern , ( or * The Royal Naval Asylum School ...
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... observed Venus when about one - third illuminated , and noticed a bluish shading towards the central part of the disc ; this dark shading was in the form of two faintly defined semi - circles , meeting together in an angle near the ...
... observed Venus when about one - third illuminated , and noticed a bluish shading towards the central part of the disc ; this dark shading was in the form of two faintly defined semi - circles , meeting together in an angle near the ...
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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