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... horizon , than we raise our eyes to the blue vault , expecting and beholding the placid stars . Doubtless , the first impression is always , that we are at rest , and that the sun , and all the stars of heaven , are slowly , and forever ...
... horizon , than we raise our eyes to the blue vault , expecting and beholding the placid stars . Doubtless , the first impression is always , that we are at rest , and that the sun , and all the stars of heaven , are slowly , and forever ...
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... horizon , and stars , which at the commencement of night , were to the east of the meridian , are now in the mid heaven . If we turn to the north we find a change there , the cluster or group called the dipper , which we will sup- pose ...
... horizon , and stars , which at the commencement of night , were to the east of the meridian , are now in the mid heaven . If we turn to the north we find a change there , the cluster or group called the dipper , which we will sup- pose ...
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... horizon from a Greek word meaning " to see . " As we stand , perhaps won- dering how far from us this horizon is , a vessel sails out the harbor and moves steadily from us . Now our first idea is that we are looking out upon a vast ...
... horizon from a Greek word meaning " to see . " As we stand , perhaps won- dering how far from us this horizon is , a vessel sails out the harbor and moves steadily from us . Now our first idea is that we are looking out upon a vast ...
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... horizon encompassing us like a vast circle , of which , we would be the centre . And in whatever direction we made an observation , we would find the surface of the water curving or bending from us in that direction . The same ...
... horizon encompassing us like a vast circle , of which , we would be the centre . And in whatever direction we made an observation , we would find the surface of the water curving or bending from us in that direction . The same ...
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... horizon . Hence , in travelling from the north pole to the equator , the elevation of the pole star changes from directly overhead , or in the zenith as it is called , to the horizon , or 90 ° , changing its altitude 10 for every degree ...
... horizon . Hence , in travelling from the north pole to the equator , the elevation of the pole star changes from directly overhead , or in the zenith as it is called , to the horizon , or 90 ° , changing its altitude 10 for every degree ...
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