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... she is seen in the western part of the heavens , at no great distance from the fun . She increases * The conformity of this definition of the ecliptic , with that given in page 19 , will be seen hereafter . increases every night in fize ...
... she is seen in the western part of the heavens , at no great distance from the fun . She increases * The conformity of this definition of the ecliptic , with that given in page 19 , will be seen hereafter . increases every night in fize ...
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... she ap- pears in the eastern part of the horizon , when the fun is disappearing in the western . After this , the gradually removes further and further eastward , till at laft she feems to approach the fun as nearly in the east as fhe ...
... she ap- pears in the eastern part of the horizon , when the fun is disappearing in the western . After this , the gradually removes further and further eastward , till at laft she feems to approach the fun as nearly in the east as fhe ...
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... She also , like Mercury , keeps near the fun , though the recedes from him much further . She , like him , is never feen in the eastern quarter of the heavens , when the fun is in the western ; but always either attends him in the ...
... She also , like Mercury , keeps near the fun , though the recedes from him much further . She , like him , is never feen in the eastern quarter of the heavens , when the fun is in the western ; but always either attends him in the ...
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... she constantly appears with great fplendor , is not always of the fame fize ; but this difference of magnitude is moft confpicuous in Mars , it is remarkable in Jupiter , but lefs so in Saturn and Mercury . The only phænomena vifible to ...
... she constantly appears with great fplendor , is not always of the fame fize ; but this difference of magnitude is moft confpicuous in Mars , it is remarkable in Jupiter , but lefs so in Saturn and Mercury . The only phænomena vifible to ...
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... She also, like Mercury, keeps near the sun, though she recedes from him much further. _She, like him, is never seen in the eastern quarter of the heavens, when the sun is in the western; but always either attends him'in the evening, or ...
... She also, like Mercury, keeps near the sun, though she recedes from him much further. _She, like him, is never seen in the eastern quarter of the heavens, when the sun is in the western; but always either attends him'in the evening, or ...
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