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... Night in the Year , Drawings of the Constellations , & c . By RICHARD A. PROCTOR . Crown 8vo , cloth extra , 6s . " Mr. Proctor , of all writers of our time , best conforms to Matthew Arnold's conception of a man of culture , in that he ...
... Night in the Year , Drawings of the Constellations , & c . By RICHARD A. PROCTOR . Crown 8vo , cloth extra , 6s . " Mr. Proctor , of all writers of our time , best conforms to Matthew Arnold's conception of a man of culture , in that he ...
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... night in the year . This hour varies , night by night . On January 1st , the hour at which the stars shown in the first four maps can be seen in the position shown , will be a quarter past nine in the evening ; on January 2 , about ...
... night in the year . This hour varies , night by night . On January 1st , the hour at which the stars shown in the first four maps can be seen in the position shown , will be a quarter past nine in the evening ; on January 2 , about ...
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... night you could travel very rapidly many degrees north- wards , you would see the northern stars rising , the southern stars sinking , while the eastern and western horizons would seem to move see - saw fashion , —their northern parts ...
... night you could travel very rapidly many degrees north- wards , you would see the northern stars rising , the southern stars sinking , while the eastern and western horizons would seem to move see - saw fashion , —their northern parts ...
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... night when the sky is clear , if you betake yourself to that spot , or look through that window , you will see the Pole - star over its accustomed chimney or tree . It is there , indeed , all the time , whether the sky be clear or ...
... night when the sky is clear , if you betake yourself to that spot , or look through that window , you will see the Pole - star over its accustomed chimney or tree . It is there , indeed , all the time , whether the sky be clear or ...
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... night of observation is half clouded , so that all the seven stars are perhaps not seen at once . The seven stars lie low down to the north ( as shown at I in Fig . 3 ) at about six in the evening of December 21st . They are marked ...
... night of observation is half clouded , so that all the seven stars are perhaps not seen at once . The seven stars lie low down to the north ( as shown at I in Fig . 3 ) at about six in the evening of December 21st . They are marked ...
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Academy Notes Admiral Smyth Andromeda Aquarius astronomers Auriga Berenices BESANT and JAMES Boötes Boston Philad Louisville bright star Canis Canis Minor Capella Capricornus Cassiopeia Cepheus Cetus cloth extra cloth limp COLLINS Coma Berenices constellation Crown 8vo Cygnus Demy 8vo east Eastern Sky Ecliptic Edited Equator Facsimile Gemini gilt heavens HERCULES horizon line Horizon of Boston Horizon of London hour HYDRA JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE lat of Boston latitude of Philad Little Bear London Boston Philad London Eng Louisville Philad Boston MACQUOID marked Milky nearly NOrleans northern numerous Illustrations O'for Ois the point Ophiuchus Orion OUIDA Pegasus Perseus Philad Star picture Pleiades Plough point overhead pole Pole-star position Post 8vo PROCTOR seen Serpent shown Sky at 10PM SOUTHERN MAP Southern Sky STAR MAPS Star of 1st Star of 2nd star-groups Starof TAURUS telescope URSA MAJOR URSA MINOR Virgo Vols WESTERN MAP WILKIE COLLINS zodiacal
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