Evening Amusements: Or, the Beauty of the Heavens Displayed...William Frend J. Mawman., 1820 - Astronomy |
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... tion of all , who had a good horizon to the south- west . On the 20th , the Moon is on the meridian about Sun - set , having now Saturn below her to the west , and near to the meridian ; also to the west , and at some distance above her ...
... tion of all , who had a good horizon to the south- west . On the 20th , the Moon is on the meridian about Sun - set , having now Saturn below her to the west , and near to the meridian ; also to the west , and at some distance above her ...
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... tion ; on the 18th , she passes Jupiter , at the distance of only forty - seven minutes to the south of him . Under the two planets we notice the four small stars in the tail of the Goat , from which Venus receding directs her course to ...
... tion ; on the 18th , she passes Jupiter , at the distance of only forty - seven minutes to the south of him . Under the two planets we notice the four small stars in the tail of the Goat , from which Venus receding directs her course to ...
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... tion , with that assigned to it by calculation , there cannot be a doubt that the principles on which they go are not far from the truth . I must however be not misunderstood on this head . For these calculations will be the same ...
... tion , with that assigned to it by calculation , there cannot be a doubt that the principles on which they go are not far from the truth . I must however be not misunderstood on this head . For these calculations will be the same ...
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... tion to him , below which to the west a telescope of ordinary power cannot fail of discovering him . The Moon passes him on the 10th . The Sun's apparent diameter is thirty - two minutes and a half on the 3d , and thirty - two minutes ...
... tion to him , below which to the west a telescope of ordinary power cannot fail of discovering him . The Moon passes him on the 10th . The Sun's apparent diameter is thirty - two minutes and a half on the 3d , and thirty - two minutes ...
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... tion of the plane's some years ago may be made use of in calculations of importance ; and , if a person is not on his guard , he may , depending on his book , take out a place for the planet , which may be very erroneous . He must make ...
... tion of the plane's some years ago may be made use of in calculations of importance ; and , if a person is not on his guard , he may , depending on his book , take out a place for the planet , which may be very erroneous . He must make ...
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afternoon annular annular eclipse appearance Archer ascending node astronomers barren space Ceres comet constellation Crab creases decreases degrees and three directing her course distance east eclipse eighth degree errour fifth sign five degrees fixed stars four degrees four small stars four stars fourth sign Goat gree half past heavens hour Hyades inferior conjunction Jupiter latitude increases latter star Lion Mars meridian minutes past eight minutes past eleven minutes past nine minutes south Moon passes Moon rises Moon-set morning star motion being direct Nautical Almanack nearest ninth sign noon northern observed passed this star passes the ecliptick past seven planet Pleiades Regulus Saturn seven degrees seventh sign sixth sign southern latitude Spica stars in square stars in triangle Sun-rise tail third sign thirty-eight minutes thirty-one minutes thirty-two minutes three degrees three first stars twelfth sign twenty twenty-nine minutes twenty-sixth degree Twins Venus Virgin volume for 1806
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