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Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)

Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 128

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The following figures represent the appearance of the spotsas seen by Dr. Hook in 1666. He saw Mars on March 3,1666, as represented in Fig. XXXIX., which appearance wastaken down at the moment of observation. On the 23d of thesame month he perceived the spots as delineated in Fig. XL.,which appears… … The following are two views of this planet by Sir WilliamHerschel, who has given a great variety of delineations of thedifferent appearances of Mars in the Transactions of theRoyal Society of London for 1784. Fig. XLI. Fig. XLII.

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