 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1807 - 506 pages
...hundred and twenty-four days end seventeen hours. When this planet is in that part of its orbit which is west of the sun it rises before him in the morning, and is called the Müi-ning Star ; when it is in the eastern part of its orbit, it i,i,ii,es in the evening afitr the... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Geography - 1812 - 822 pages
...performed in twenty-four days and eight hours. When this planet appears to the west of the Sun, she rises before him in the morning, and is called the morning star ; and when she appears to the cast of that luminary, she shines to the evening, and is called the evening star.... | |
 | George Adams - Astronomy - 1812 - 552 pages
...Jig. 2, when Venus appears in any part of the arc E,xG, she is westward from the sun ; and, therefore, rises before him in the morning, and is called the morning star. When she appears any where in the arc GHE, she is eastward from the sun, and therefore sets after him;... | |
 | George Adams - Astronomy - 1812 - 586 pages
...jig. 2, when Venus appears in any part of the arc Eo:G, she is westward from the sun ; and, therefore, rises before him in the morning, and is called the morning star. When she appears any where in the arc GHE, she is eastward from the sun, and therefore sets after him... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...hundred and twenty-four days and seventeen hours. When this planet is in that part of its orbit which is west of the sun it. rises before him in the morning, and is called the Morning Star ; when it is in the eastern part of its orbit, it shines in the evening after the sun sets, and is... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1814 - 696 pages
...nearly as 8 to 9 ; and its weight, as 0-89 to 1. A body weighing I pound on the earth would weigh 0-98 pounds in Venus. Its diurnal rotation on •its axis...in 23 hours, 22 minutes, and it moves in its orbit 31,000 miles an hour. When Venus appears to the west of .the sun, it rises before him in the morning,... | |
 | Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...miles, and she performs her revolution in 224 days, 16 hours. When Venus appears west of the sun, she rises before him in the morning, and is called the Morning Star ; when she appears east of the sun, she shines in the evening, after he is set, and is called the Evening... | |
 | 560 pages
...miles, at the rate of which she goes. through the twelve signs. When she is seen west of the Sun, she rises before him in the morning, and is called the Morning Star or Lucifer; and when she is discerned east of the Sun she shines in the evening after he has sunk below... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 432 pages
...hundred and twenty-four days and seventeen hours. When this planet is in that part of its orbit which is west of the sun it rises before him in the morning, and is called the Morning Star; when it is in the eastern part of its orbit, it shines in the evening after the sun sets, and is called... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 490 pages
...axis, is performed in 23 hours and 31 minutes. When this planet appears to the west of the sun, she rises before him in the morning, and is called the Morning Star; and when she appears to the east of the sun, she shines in the evening after he sets, and is then called the... | |
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Venus appears to the west of the sun, it rises before him in the morning, and is called the morning star; and when... 
