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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according altitude appear Aries axis ball beginning body called cause Celestial centre circle Comet consequently consist Constellation contains continue degrees high diameter direct distance diurnal Earth east eclipse elevated equal Equator Equinoctial figure Fixed former four fourth given Globe half head Heavens hemisphere hence Herschel horizon inhabitants June Jupiter latitude latter length less light Longitude magnitude Major Maps March Mars mean Mercury meridian miles minutes month Moon motion move Names nearly never night node North Pole northern object observed opposite orbit parallel passing period Planets PLATE Pole position principal Star represent revolve rises rotation round Satellites Saturn season seen September shadow side signs situated southern Stars Sun's supposed surface System tail telescope third turned Venus visible whole zenith Zodiac