A new manual of the elements of astronomy, descriptive and mathematical .. (1868)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & co.; Chicago, S.C. Griggs & co. · leaf 164
g its periodic changes, he was enabled todeduce the time of the rotation; which agreed very nearly with theresult attained in 1667, by Cassini, and was subsequently confirmedby the observations of other astronomers. 6. Mountains in Venus.—According to Schroeter, there exist mount-ains of immense… … TELESCOPIC VIEWS OP VENT/S. While other astronomers have detected the existence of mountains onthe planet, their observations do not confirm the statements ofSchroeter as to their height. Very great irregularities on its sur-face are, however, indicated by the jagged character of the termi-nator,…
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