Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1834 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 135
... less in proportion , the higher the powers were , that he applied ; and the smallest proportional diameter that he ever obtained , was when he employed the extraordinary power of 6450 times . From these observations it appears , that ...
... less in proportion , the higher the powers were , that he applied ; and the smallest proportional diameter that he ever obtained , was when he employed the extraordinary power of 6450 times . From these observations it appears , that ...
Page 149
... less than B , though Flamstead makes it smaller . α Ceti is much less than ẞ Ceti , though Flamstead makes the former of the second , and the latter of the third magni- tude , Serpentis is less than n , though Flamstead makes them of ...
... less than B , though Flamstead makes it smaller . α Ceti is much less than ẞ Ceti , though Flamstead makes the former of the second , and the latter of the third magni- tude , Serpentis is less than n , though Flamstead makes them of ...
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... less and less , and , of course , its power of reflecting the sun's rays in like proportion diminishes , till at last , at the extremest verge , where it terminates , there is no reflection at all , or total darkness . The extreme ...
... less and less , and , of course , its power of reflecting the sun's rays in like proportion diminishes , till at last , at the extremest verge , where it terminates , there is no reflection at all , or total darkness . The extreme ...
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15th.-Illuminated disc 1st day 2d day 4th day altitude animalcules appearance Aquarii astronomers atmosphere axis beautiful birds bodies Capricorni Cassiopeia centre Cepheus Ceres colour Coma Berenices comet commenced conjunction dark Declination Delphinus diameter DIED difference of latitude distance double star earth eclipse EDWARD BLYTH Emersion feathers FIXED STARS Flamstead flowers fluid Geminorum Greatest and least greatest eastern elongation heaven Herschel horizon Immersion inferior conjunction John Herschel Jupiter least magnitude Leo Minor light MARTYR Mercury Meridian Transit months Moon morning motion nature nest night North Dec observed ox-eye perigee perihelion period PHENOMENA PLANETARUM planet remarkable Right Ascen ring rise round Saturn Second satellite seen semi-diameter shadow solar South Dec species spots sun's sweet Tauri TELESCOPIC OBJECTS thee Third satellite tion tree Uranus Ursa Ursa Major velocity Venus Vesta Virginis visible wing Wormegay young zenith