Evening Amusements: Or, the Beauty of the Heavens Displayed...J. Mawman., 1814 |
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æther Aldebaran Antares apparent diameter appearance Archer ascending node barren space bodies bound Bull centre considerable distance constellation Crab directing her course Earth east eastern eclipse five stars four stars fourth Goat heavens height is daily Herschell horizon at Sun-rise hour Hyades inferior conjunction latter star line drawn Mars Menkar meridian midnight minutes north minutes past eight minutes past eleven minutes past four minutes past nine minutes past six Moon passes Moon rises Moon-set morning star motion is direct nautical star nearest night nutes past occultation particles passed the line passes the ecliptick passes this star past seven perceived planet Pleiades Saturn Scorpion seen seventh and twelfth sixth soon after Sun-set soon followed star she passes stars in Square stars in Triangle superior conjunction TABLE OF POSITIONS tance third thirty-one minutes thirty-two minutes three first stars three quarters past tion twenty-nine minutes Twins Venus Virgin Whale
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