Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1849 |
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... Zodiacal light 127 Translatory motion of the solar system .. 135 The milky way 141 Starless openings . 143 Terrestrial phenomena 145 Geographical distribution 153 . Figure of the earth 155 Density of the earth 161 Magnetism Internal ...
... Zodiacal light 127 Translatory motion of the solar system .. 135 The milky way 141 Starless openings . 143 Terrestrial phenomena 145 Geographical distribution 153 . Figure of the earth 155 Density of the earth 161 Magnetism Internal ...
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... zodiacal light ) and meteoric stones , probably to be regarded as small cosmical bodies . The teles- copic planets , Vesta , Juno , Ceres , Pallas , Astrea , Hebe , Iris , and Flora , with their frequently intersecting , strongly ...
... zodiacal light ) and meteoric stones , probably to be regarded as small cosmical bodies . The teles- copic planets , Vesta , Juno , Ceres , Pallas , Astrea , Hebe , Iris , and Flora , with their frequently intersecting , strongly ...
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... zodiacal light which rises in a pyramidal form , and constantly contributes , by its mild radiance , to the external beauty of the tropical nights , is either a vast nebulous ring , rotating between the Earth and Mars , or , less ...
... zodiacal light which rises in a pyramidal form , and constantly contributes , by its mild radiance , to the external beauty of the tropical nights , is either a vast nebulous ring , rotating between the Earth and Mars , or , less ...
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... Zodiacal Light ; and a host of very small asteroids , whose orbits either intersect , or very nearly approach that of our earth , and which present us with the phenomena of aërolites and falling or shooting stars . When we consider the ...
... Zodiacal Light ; and a host of very small asteroids , whose orbits either intersect , or very nearly approach that of our earth , and which present us with the phenomena of aërolites and falling or shooting stars . When we consider the ...
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... Zodiacal Light , to which we have already alluded . Those who have lived for many years in the zone of palms must retain a pleasing impression of the mild radiance with which the zodiacal light , shooting pyramidally upwards , illumines ...
... Zodiacal Light , to which we have already alluded . Those who have lived for many years in the zone of palms must retain a pleasing impression of the mild radiance with which the zodiacal light , shooting pyramidally upwards , illumines ...
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