A new Treatise on Astronomy, and the Use of the Globes, in two Parts: Designed for the Use of High Schools and AcademiesReprint of the original, first published in 1866. |
Contents
PART 1 | 13 |
Dip of the Horizon Astronomical Refraction Twilight | 46 |
THE SUNDistance Apparent Diameter and Magnitude | 60 |
VENUSPeriod and Distance Apparent Diameter | 66 |
The EarthPeriod and Distance Eccentricity of the | 76 |
THE MoonSiderial and Synodical Revolutions Dis | 83 |
MarsPeriod and Distance Apparent Diameter | 97 |
OHAP XIL JUPITERPeriod and Distance Apparent Diameter | 103 |
URANUSPeriod and Distance Apparent Diameter | 117 |
FIXED STARSNumber of Stars and their Classifi | 144 |
ELIPSES OF THE SUN AND MoonCauses of Eclipses | 157 |
THE CALENDARJulian and Gregorian Calendar c | 176 |
PART II | 187 |
contains Problems performed by the Terrestrial Globe | 274 |
Miscellaneous examples exercising the Problems on | 306 |
A table of the latitudes and longitudes of some of | 312 |
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