A manual of Astronomy and the use of the globes, for schools and academies |
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90 degrees angle annual revolution aphelion apsis Aries Asteroids astronomy atmosphere axis brazen meridian called Cancer Cape Capricorn caused centre CHAPTER circle of perpetual clock comets Constellations declination density diameter disc distance diurnal parallax earth ecliptic ecliptic limit equator equinoctial points equinoxes find the Sun's Fixed Stars following places Frigid zone given place heavenly body heavens horizon hour inferior conjunction inferior planets Jupiter latitude and longitude LIBRARY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY longest day Lunar Eclipse Mars Mercury meridian miles Moon moon's Nebula node north or south north pole northern hemisphere number of degrees NUMBER OF STARS o'clock opaque bodies opposite parallax passes perihelion Perioeci polar circle precession primary planets PROBLEM quadrature refraction represent revolve right ascension rise RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Satellites Saturn sidereal day Solar System sphere sun enters Sun's place superior conjunction supposed surface telescope tion tropic turn the globe UNIVERSITY LIBRARY RUTGERS Uranus velocity Venus vertical York zenith zodiac