...consists of Sixteen Maps, or Celestial Charts, each 38 by 44 inches, representing the various appearances of the Heavenly Bodies — the Sun, Moon, Planets, Comets, and Fixed Stars— and illustrating the laws which govern them in their motions, the philosophy of Tides, Eclipses, and...

...readily applied. ASTRONOMY is that science which treats of the names, distances, magnitudes, and motions of the heavenly bodies — the Sun, Moon, Planets, Comets, and Fixed Stars — and the laws by which they are governed. All who are not deprived of the blessing of sight have...

...148 44 XVI. Number, DistanceL, 148 H XVII. Falling, or Shooting Stars. 154 INTRODUCTION 1. ASTRONOMY is the science of the heavenly bodies — the Sun, Moon, Planets, Comets, and Fixed Stars. 2. In entering upon this study, the phenomena of the heavens, as they appear on a clear evening, are...

...systematically arranged, so as to be conveniently taught, easily learned, and readily applied. 2. ASTRONOMY is the science of the heavenly bodies — the Sun, Moon, Planets, Comets, and Fixed Stars. The term astronomy is from the Greek astr&n, a star, and nomos, a law ; and signifies the laws or science...