A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a knowledge of the heavenly bodies and as an aid to those possessing telescopes (1891)
Peck, William, Sir, 1862-1925 · New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 20
its phases, was in all probability the first heavenly body carefullyobserved, from which observation there woidd soon result the discovery of its true path round the star sphere,and the time occupied by it in making a complete revolution. The information thus obtained would gi\e riseto the… … Fig. 1. THE SPHERE OF EUDOXOS. A POPULAR HANDBOOK AND ATLAS OF ASTRONOMY. man, or the earliest conception of a year, traces of which are seen in uncivilised parts of the world even atpresent. As the motion of the sun among the stars requires much more observational skill to discern than doesthe…
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