The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1853)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, F. J. Huntington [etc.] · leaf 204
en her polar circles J 17* 198 VENUS. and two autumns, every year. But because the Sun staysfor some time near the tropics, and passes so quickly overthe equator, the winters in that zone will be almost twice aslong as the summers. The north pole of Venus axis inclines towards the 20thdegree of… … When viewed through a good telescope, Venus exhibitsnot only all the moon-like phases of Mercury, but also a va-riety of inequalities on her surface; dark spots, and brilliantshades, hills, and valleys, and elevated mountains. But onaccount of the great density of her atmosphere, these…
Constellations · Stars
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