The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronmy, Physical Geography, and Geology |
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... Orbits of the Planets , Transit of Mercury , Orbit of Venus , 64 Theory of Double Stars , 65 67 Sycne , near Alexandria , Orbit of the Earth , . Precession of the Equinoxes , Physical constitution of Venus , Vessels at Sea , shewing the ...
... Orbits of the Planets , Transit of Mercury , Orbit of Venus , 64 Theory of Double Stars , 65 67 Sycne , near Alexandria , Orbit of the Earth , . Precession of the Equinoxes , Physical constitution of Venus , Vessels at Sea , shewing the ...
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... orbit . The Moon is shown of her exact relative size to the Earth her distance is however about ten times greater in pro portion within the lunar orbit the Moons phases are repres ented on an enlarged disk in order to show the principal ...
... orbit . The Moon is shown of her exact relative size to the Earth her distance is however about ten times greater in pro portion within the lunar orbit the Moons phases are repres ented on an enlarged disk in order to show the principal ...
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... orbit , but little inclined to the plane of the ecliptic , and having its aphelion near the orbit of the earth ; and finally , that the body has a period of nearly six months , and that its perihelion is a little within the orbit of ...
... orbit , but little inclined to the plane of the ecliptic , and having its aphelion near the orbit of the earth ; and finally , that the body has a period of nearly six months , and that its perihelion is a little within the orbit of ...
Contents
Illustrated TitleAstronomy | 14 |
Sycne near Alexandria | 89 |
Translation of the Earth in space | 159 |
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