The elements of astronomy, illustrated by observations which the student may make ... to which is added, an essay on the plurality of worlds / [James Mitchell].

  • Mitchell, James, 1786?-1844
Date:
1820
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Credit: The elements of astronomy, illustrated by observations which the student may make ... to which is added, an essay on the plurality of worlds / [James Mitchell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF VENUS. Page \ppearance — Morning and Evening Star—Period of Revolution round the Sun—Casts a Shadoiv — Seen sometimes in the Day~time Transit over the Sun—Revolution on her A.xis —Explanation of the Symbol Bulk —Quantity of Matter OF THE EARTH. Proofs of the Globular Shape of the —EarthMeasurement by the Anci- ents and Moderns-^Polar and Equa- torial Diameter OF THE MOON. Motion on her Axis—Phases of the Moon — New Moon, Half Moon, Full Moon,—Period of Revolution round the Heavens—Length of Time above the Horizon—The same Face
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