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Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)

Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 96

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ere—the celes-tial poles, the celestial equator, the celestial meridians andparallels, etc., and with the principal stars, each one in itsproper right-ascension and declination. The Figs. 32, 33,39, 41, and 44 represent such a globe with the stars omit-ted. Every school should own a celestial… … Fig. 44. View of a globe showing the circles of the celestial sphere for anobserver in 40° north latitude (the latitude of Philadelphia, Columbus, O.,Quincy, 111., Denver, etc.). 76 ASTRONOMY. flat surface, and the student has to imagine the sphericalsurface. The school-globe shows the surface as…

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