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... CONTENTS . Page . INTRODUCTION THE PLANETS ASTROLOGY THE MOON THE SUN I 5 51 63 92 THE COMETS 110 LAPLACE'S NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS 132 THE STARS 151 OTHER UNIVERSES 190 The Romance of Astronomy . HE Romance of Astronomy strikes.
... CONTENTS . Page . INTRODUCTION THE PLANETS ASTROLOGY THE MOON THE SUN I 5 51 63 92 THE COMETS 110 LAPLACE'S NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS 132 THE STARS 151 OTHER UNIVERSES 190 The Romance of Astronomy . HE Romance of Astronomy strikes.
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... been set to rule the day , and moon and stars to rule the night . But though their times and seasons , their days and years , are exactly analogous to our own , yet the differences in their positions and The Planets . 15.
... been set to rule the day , and moon and stars to rule the night . But though their times and seasons , their days and years , are exactly analogous to our own , yet the differences in their positions and The Planets . 15.
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... Star of the Evening , Beautiful Star , " has been sung by poets of every age and clime , from Homer to the Christy Min- strels . Like Mercury , and for the same reason , Venus is seldom seen except about sunrise or sunset ; but as her ...
... Star of the Evening , Beautiful Star , " has been sung by poets of every age and clime , from Homer to the Christy Min- strels . Like Mercury , and for the same reason , Venus is seldom seen except about sunrise or sunset ; but as her ...
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... Star of the Eve . * A similar confusion prevailed with regard to Mercury , which as a morning star was styled Apollo , the Lord of Day , and as an evening star Mercury , the Patron of Robbers . The phases of Venus are readily shewn by ...
... Star of the Eve . * A similar confusion prevailed with regard to Mercury , which as a morning star was styled Apollo , the Lord of Day , and as an evening star Mercury , the Patron of Robbers . The phases of Venus are readily shewn by ...
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... stars , and was much puzzled for a few nights by the irregular manner in which Jupiter appeared to move Some writers think that the sun's heat at the distance of Jupiter cannot be sufficiently great to produce such powerful effects in ...
... stars , and was much puzzled for a few nights by the irregular manner in which Jupiter appeared to move Some writers think that the sun's heat at the distance of Jupiter cannot be sufficiently great to produce such powerful effects in ...
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