Celestial Objects for Common TelescopesLongmans, Green, 1873 - 343 páginas |
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... Peters and Carrington observe a remarkable tendency to * Carrington thinks , however , that this exceptional number may be due to erroneous reduction . divergence in adjacent umbræ . Groups are frequently ellipti- cal 26 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... Peters and Carrington observe a remarkable tendency to * Carrington thinks , however , that this exceptional number may be due to erroneous reduction . divergence in adjacent umbræ . Groups are frequently ellipti- cal 26 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
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... remarkable spots is set beside one representing , in some- what careless proportion , the whole disc . The singular con- trast between the transparent nucleus and dusky coma is in striking harmony with the spectroscopic discovery of ...
... remarkable spots is set beside one representing , in some- what careless proportion , the whole disc . The singular con- trast between the transparent nucleus and dusky coma is in striking harmony with the spectroscopic discovery of ...
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... - gold spot , nearly twice the size of ☀ , with circular atmosphere , which was not visible in the even- ing . ( One of the most remarkable of these strange accounts , and at the same time one of the best attested THE SUN . 41.
... - gold spot , nearly twice the size of ☀ , with circular atmosphere , which was not visible in the even- ing . ( One of the most remarkable of these strange accounts , and at the same time one of the best attested THE SUN . 41.
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... remarkable tendency to circular forms , even where explosive action seems not to have been concerned , as in the bays of the so - called seas , is very obvious ; and so are the horizontal lines of communication already mentioned . The ...
... remarkable tendency to circular forms , even where explosive action seems not to have been concerned , as in the bays of the so - called seas , is very obvious ; and so are the horizontal lines of communication already mentioned . The ...
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... remarkable , as we know of nothing similar on the Earth . The question as to the continuance of eruptive action on the Moon is one of great interest . It is now generally understood that the volcanos , which Herschel I. and others ...
... remarkable , as we know of nothing similar on the Earth . The question as to the continuance of eruptive action on the Moon is one of great interest . It is now generally understood that the volcanos , which Herschel I. and others ...
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Página 345 - A NEW STAR ATLAS, for the Library, the School, and the Observatory, in Twelve Circular Maps (with Two Index Plates). Intended as a Companion to ' Webb's Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes.
Página 46 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 182 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Página 345 - Why didn't somebody teach me the constellations, too, and make me at home in the starry heavens which are always overhead, and which I don't half know to this day?
Página 30 - I have said, he spent to satisfy himself; six more years to satisfy, and still thirteen more to convince, mankind. For thirty years never has the Sun exhibited his disc above the horizon of Dessau without being confronted by Schwabe's imperturbable telescope, and that appears to have happened, on an average, about 300 days a year.
Página 65 - Webb makes the following remarks on the rills:—"These most singular furrows pass chiefly through levels, intersect craters (proving a more recent date), reappear beyond obstructing mountains, as though carried through by a tunnel, and commence and terminate with little reference to any conspicuous feature of the neighbourhood.