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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The Connection of Geography and Astronomy, an Elementary Text Book for ... A. H. Dick No preview available - 2017 |
The Connection of Geography and Astronomy, an Elementary Text-Book for ... Archibald Hastie Dick No preview available - 2016 |
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24 hours ABERRATION OF LIGHT angle aphelion appear Aries attraction bodies Book called carriage causes celestial sphere centre circle round circumference cloth contour lines course round cross daily circles daily course dark diameter earth's axis earth's orbit earth's radius earth's surface eastward eclipses equator equinoctial point equinox exactly farther fcap fixed stars full moon globe Greenwich Gregorian calendar hemisphere horizon Jupiter length light longitude measured Mercator's meridian minutes moon's movement moves round MURBY'S nearer nodes north pole northern object observer opposite Orthographic 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 shewn 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