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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... distance of the earth from the sun , and the magnitude of the terrestrial globe . Aristarchus of Samos is the author of an ingenious plan to ascertain the former . Suppose the centre of the circle s to represent the centre of M E the ...
... distance of the earth from the sun , and the magnitude of the terrestrial globe . Aristarchus of Samos is the author of an ingenious plan to ascertain the former . Suppose the centre of the circle s to represent the centre of M E the ...
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... distance of the stars , is a task which has baffled the ablest men , armed with the best instruments for the purpose , and using them with the utmost nicety and perseverance . Until our own day , the conclusion arrived at had only been ...
... distance of the stars , is a task which has baffled the ablest men , armed with the best instruments for the purpose , and using them with the utmost nicety and perseverance . Until our own day , the conclusion arrived at had only been ...
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... distance from the horizon . Second , it is a conspicuous binary star , specially adapted by its double character to the instrument employed . Both the constituents are yellow , but one smaller than the other has the deepest tint . Third ...
... distance from the horizon . Second , it is a conspicuous binary star , specially adapted by its double character to the instrument employed . Both the constituents are yellow , but one smaller than the other has the deepest tint . Third ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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