The British Celestial Atlas: Being a Complete Guide to the Attainment of a Practical Knowledge of the Heavenly Bodies : Containing Twelve Royal Quarto Maps, Or, Entire Views of the Starry Heavens as They Appear to the Naked Eye, Adapted for Every Night Throughout the Year ... Also, Three Movable Plates, and a Plate of Diagrams, to Elucidate the Motions of the Earth and the Celestial Bodies : Accompanied by a Familiar Treatise on Astronomy, Volume 1 |
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The British Celestial Atlas: Being a Complete Guide to the Attainment of a ... G. Rubie No preview available - 2018 |
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Aldebaran Algenib Alpheratz altitude ANDROMEDA angle appear Aries astronomers AURIGA axis Betelguex BoÖTES Cancer CANES VENATICI Canis Major CANIS MINOR cannon ball Capricornus CASSIOPEIA Castor centre Cepheus CETUS circle Comet Constellation CYGNUS degrees high DELPHINUS diameter diurnal motion DRACO Earth east Ecliptic elevated equal Equator Equinoctial Fixed Stars fourth magnitude Gemini head hemisphere hence Hercules Herschel horizon inhabitants Jupiter length LEO MAJOR Libra Longitude Lyra Maps Markab Mars mean distance Mercury meridian miles per hour millions of miles minutes month Moon move MUSCA BOREALIS nearly node North Pole northern observed orbit Orion parallel passing PERSEUS Pisces Planets PLATE Pole Star Pollux principal Star Regulus represent revolution revolve round rises round the Sun Satellites Saturn Scorpio second magnitude seen side signs southern Starry Heavens Sun's supposed tail Taurus telescope third magnitude triangle Tropic URSA MAJOR Vega Venus Virgo visible whilst zenith Zodiac