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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... seen from the diagram , that at the time of the inferior conjunction , the unenlightened half of the orb is turned towards us . Did she present in that position her illuminated side , we should see the planet as a small brilliant moon ...
... seen from the diagram , that at the time of the inferior conjunction , the unenlightened half of the orb is turned towards us . Did she present in that position her illuminated side , we should see the planet as a small brilliant moon ...
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... seen nearly filling the whole hemisphere . At the first recorded appearance of this comet , it was seen as a long - haired star in the skies of Rome during the games which the youthful Augustus exhibited in honour of Venus and his uncle ...
... seen nearly filling the whole hemisphere . At the first recorded appearance of this comet , it was seen as a long - haired star in the skies of Rome during the games which the youthful Augustus exhibited in honour of Venus and his uncle ...
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... seen . In one instance , the aurora appeared to be connected with a very remarkable cloud of a light brown colour , resembling an immense volume of smoke , or a powder magazine in a state of explosion , ( the comparison of the gunner ...
... seen . In one instance , the aurora appeared to be connected with a very remarkable cloud of a light brown colour , resembling an immense volume of smoke , or a powder magazine in a state of explosion , ( the comparison of the gunner ...
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Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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