Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1834 - Almanacs, English |
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... sun , would still continue to circulate round it in the same direction as the sun's rotation ; and as the process of refrigeration and increased velocity simultaneously advanced , other zones would , in like manner , be successively ...
... sun , would still continue to circulate round it in the same direction as the sun's rotation ; and as the process of refrigeration and increased velocity simultaneously advanced , other zones would , in like manner , be successively ...
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... Sun has scarcely been free from spots , some of which have been of great magnitude ; a long space of time , has , however , occurred , when the Sun's orb has been observed to be free from these ap- pearances ; from the year 1650 to 1670 ...
... Sun has scarcely been free from spots , some of which have been of great magnitude ; a long space of time , has , however , occurred , when the Sun's orb has been observed to be free from these ap- pearances ; from the year 1650 to 1670 ...
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... sun's disc ; in the former , when shining with splendour as the morning or evening star ; and in the latter , when with the greatest depth of blackness it traverses the sun's glorious orb . The following are some of the observations ...
... sun's disc ; in the former , when shining with splendour as the morning or evening star ; and in the latter , when with the greatest depth of blackness it traverses the sun's glorious orb . The following are some of the observations ...
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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