The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronmy, Physical Geography, and Geology |
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... bodies that have been visible , the shooting stars of all ages , and the periodical meteoric showers that have astonished the moderns , render this hypothesis untenable , for the moon , ere this , must have become sensibly impaired ...
... bodies that have been visible , the shooting stars of all ages , and the periodical meteoric showers that have astonished the moderns , render this hypothesis untenable , for the moon , ere this , must have become sensibly impaired ...
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... bodies circling round the sun , both singly and in groups , some also moving as minute moons round the earth ; and that in the course of their revolutions these " starlets , " or " meteor - planets , " as they have been called , come ...
... bodies circling round the sun , both singly and in groups , some also moving as minute moons round the earth ; and that in the course of their revolutions these " starlets , " or " meteor - planets , " as they have been called , come ...
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... bodies , are specified by Struve , in a very small space of the heavens . Libræ . Combinations of four stars , constituting a quadruple scheme , composed of two double , have also been detected . B Lyræ , 2 Canis Majoris , 8 Lacertæ ...
... bodies , are specified by Struve , in a very small space of the heavens . Libræ . Combinations of four stars , constituting a quadruple scheme , composed of two double , have also been detected . B Lyræ , 2 Canis Majoris , 8 Lacertæ ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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ancient animals appearance Aratus astronomical Atlantic atmosphere bodies cause celestial centre climate clouds coast colour comet constellation continent dark diameter direction disk distance districts diurnal motion earth eclipse ecliptic elevation equator Europe exhibits extent feet Flamstead globe heat heavens height Herschel Hipparchus horizon hundred hyæna immense inhabitants island Jupiter Keppler lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass moon motion mountains nature nearly night northern northern hemisphere observed occur ocean orbit Orinoco owing parallax passing perihelion period phenomena plain planet pole present Ptolemy Pyrenees quadrupeds rain regions remarkable revolution rise river rock rotation round sand satellites Saturn seen shore side snow solar southern space species spot square miles stars stratum stream summit supposed surface telescope temperature terrestrial trees tropical Tycho Brahe Uranus valley vapour vast vegetation velocity Venus visible volcanic wind winter zone