The geography of the heavens, and class-book of astronomy: accompanied by a celestial atlas (1873)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, ed, Whitall, Henry, 1819-1887? Celestial planisphere · New York, Sheldon & company · leaf 250
. How magnificent and inconceivably grand, then,must these vast rings appear, with a thousand times the Moons magnitude, and onlyone-twelfth part of her distance! 506. The periodic time of Saturn being nearly thirty years,his motion eastward among the stars must be very slow, amount-ing to only 12°… … MOONS OF SATURN. 507. Besides the magnificent rings already described, thtelescope reveals eight satellites ov moons, revolving around Saturn.But these are seen only with good instruments, and under favor-able circumstances. 104 What purpose do the ringi of Saturn serve? How appear in his evening…
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