The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1849)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, Huntington & Savage · leaf 269
t a mean rate, everyday 1 What portion does it describe in 20 minute.s and -^3 seconds l W the Sun and equi-noctial points fall back in the ecliptic 501-4 of a degree every year, how many years belorethis regression will amount to a degree? How will this affect the appearance of thestars What… … To erplain this by a figure; Suppose the Sun to have been in conjunctionwith a filed star at S, in the first degree of Taurus, (the second sign of tiieecliptic,) 340 years before the birth of our Saviour, or about the 17th year ofAlexander the Great; then having made 2140 revolutions through the…
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