The Connection of Geography and Astronomy: an Elementary Text Book for Department of Science and Art, Teachers' Certificate and Specific Subject ExaminationsThomas Murby, 1876 - 122 pages |
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24 hours ABERRATION OF LIGHT angle aphelion appear Aries astronomer attraction bodies Book called carriage causes celestial sphere centre circumference cloth contour lines course round cross daily circles dark diameter earth's axis earth's orbit earth's surface eastward eclipses Edition equator equinoctial point equinox exactly farther fcap fixed stars force full moon GEOGRAPHY globe Greenwich Gregorian Calendar half heavens hemisphere horizon Jupiter length light longitude measured Mercator's meridian minutes moon's movement moves round MURBY MURBY'S nearer night nodes north pole northern object observer opposite parallax parallels of latitude passes path perihelion planets polar circles position price 6d projection rays represent revolve round right ascension rises round the earth round the sun Schools seen shew side sidereal day sidereal month solar day south pole southern space straight line sun and moon sun's synodical month Transit of Venus tropic turned Venus wall west to east zenith distance
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Page 45 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Page 34 - On either side of this zone and converging toward it are the trade winds, which blow from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere. The...
Page 76 - But such a personification of "force" is a remnant of barbaric thought, in no wise sanctioned by physical science. When astronomy speaks of two planets as attracting each other with a " force " which varies directly as their masses and inversely as the squares of their distances...
Page 5 - Form and size of the earth and its motions. Day and night. The seasons of the year ; how they depend upon the relative positions of the earth and sun. Moon's dimensions and distance. Explanation of her phases. General arrangement of planetary system.
Page 122 - A SERIES OF PICTORIAL DIAGRAMS AND NATURAL SPECIMENS, illustrative of Human Physiology, Zoology, Botany, Geology, and Mineralogy. By A.
Page 122 - Sheets, 18 in. by 94 in., comprising 166 diagrams of Animals and Plants, life size, beautifully printed in colours, and 37 Natural Specimens of Woods and Minerals ; neatly mounted on very stout cardboard, with rings for hanging on the wall. SHEET j.— MAN.
Page 27 - By definition, n is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle (see Section ccc 14-L).