Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1833 - Almanacs, English |
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... thing more from my preceding view of the heavens , and that is , to aspire after the heavenly state - to seek the things that are above . We are naturally pleased with new things -we take great pains , undergo dangerous voyages to view ...
... thing more from my preceding view of the heavens , and that is , to aspire after the heavenly state - to seek the things that are above . We are naturally pleased with new things -we take great pains , undergo dangerous voyages to view ...
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good thing , but a wise man ought to consider of it all his life . " 24 , 1778. During an annular eclipse of the sun , a very singular phenomenon was witnessed by Don Ulloa . Before the edge of the sun's disc emerged from that of the ...
good thing , but a wise man ought to consider of it all his life . " 24 , 1778. During an annular eclipse of the sun , a very singular phenomenon was witnessed by Don Ulloa . Before the edge of the sun's disc emerged from that of the ...
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... thing she saw , and understanding the smallness of the astronomer's salary ( £ 100 per an- num ) , her majesty very graciously said she would speak to the king to have it increased , to which Dr. Halley alarmed , replied- " Pray , your ...
... thing she saw , and understanding the smallness of the astronomer's salary ( £ 100 per an- num ) , her majesty very graciously said she would speak to the king to have it increased , to which Dr. Halley alarmed , replied- " Pray , your ...
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1st day 4th day afterwards aphelion appears ascending node astronomer beautiful Beetle birds born Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH celebrated celestial comet conjunction Daniel Bernoulli dark death Declin diameter died difference of latitude Digits eclipsed disc distance early earth eclipse Emersion eminent Equation FLEMING FORM OF SATURN'S Galileo greatest heavens Herschel inferior conjunction inferior planets insects John John Herschel Jupiter Kepler labours LEACH light LINNEUS Lord LUNAR magnitude Major axis Mars MARTYR Mercury Minor axis moon morning Moth motion nature never night node o'er Observatory observed orbit Pallas perigee perihelion period planet published QUADRUPEDS remarkable RENNIE revolution Right Ascen ring of Saturn round Royal SATURN'S RING says Second satellite seen Semi-diameter shadow shining solar solar eclipse stars STEPHENS telescope TEMMINCK thee thou tion transit transits of Mercury trees Uranus Venus visible volumes vulgaris winter