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... Uranus , by which the existence and situation of the disturbing planet became revealed to us , I have endeavoured , in pursuance of the general plan of this work , rather to exhibit a rational view of the dynamical action , than to ...
... Uranus , by which the existence and situation of the disturbing planet became revealed to us , I have endeavoured , in pursuance of the general plan of this work , rather to exhibit a rational view of the dynamical action , than to ...
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... Uranus - of Neptune CHAPTER XI . OF COMETS . 324 Great number of recorded comets . The number of those unrecorded probably much greater . General description of a comet . Comets with- out tails , or with more than one . Their extreme ...
... Uranus - of Neptune CHAPTER XI . OF COMETS . 324 Great number of recorded comets . The number of those unrecorded probably much greater . General description of a comet . Comets with- out tails , or with more than one . Their extreme ...
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... Uranus resulting in the discovery of Neptune - Page 454 PART III . OF SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER XV . Of the fixed stars . Their classification by magnitudes . Photometric scale of magnitudes . Conventional or vulgar scale ...
... Uranus resulting in the discovery of Neptune - Page 454 PART III . OF SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY . CHAPTER XV . Of the fixed stars . Their classification by magnitudes . Photometric scale of magnitudes . Conventional or vulgar scale ...
Side 275
... Uranus , is barely discernible without a telescope ; and nine others— Neptune , Ceres , Pallas , Vesta , Juno , Astræa , Hebe , Iris , Flora- are never visible to the naked eye . Besides these fifteen , others yet undiscovered may exist ...
... Uranus , is barely discernible without a telescope ; and nine others— Neptune , Ceres , Pallas , Vesta , Juno , Astræa , Hebe , Iris , Flora- are never visible to the naked eye . Besides these fifteen , others yet undiscovered may exist ...
Side 291
... of their parallax , we conclude to be the most distant from us , viz . Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune , never appear otherwise than round ; a sufficient proof , of - - itself , that we see them always in U 2 SUPERIOR PLANETS . 291.
... of their parallax , we conclude to be the most distant from us , viz . Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune , never appear otherwise than round ; a sufficient proof , of - - itself , that we see them always in U 2 SUPERIOR PLANETS . 291.
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Outlines of Astronomy John Frederick William Herschel,Sir John Frederick William Herschel Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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