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 81
th that of water, .Attraction of gravity on the suns surface compared with that on the earth, .Inclination of the axis of the solar globe to the plane of the earths orbit,Period of the suns rotation at the equator, latitude 20° •if)>> » )) ») )) ^ > ...... 4-5°» )) )i )) )) ^ ) ...••.… … I CHAPTER V. THE FLANETABY SYSTEM. World beyond world, in infinite extent,Profusely scattered oer the void immense,Show me their motions, periods, and their laws.—Thomson. As mentioned in the last chapter, the sun occupies the centre of the planetary system, producing and regulat-ing the movements…
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