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Recreations in astronomy : with directions for practical experiments and telescopic work (1879)

Warren, Henry White, 1831-1912 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 160

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rfaces. AVe see that its axisof revolution is nearly perpendicular to the line of lightfrom the sun. One-half is always dark. The sunrisegreets a new thousand miles every hour; the glories of A CHORA BORE A LIS. 143 the sunset follow over an equal space, 180° behind. Weare glad that the darkness… … i a- Waving Oortaioa and inexplicable appendages. They arc not limited to1 surfaces or their circumambient air. The Bnntv flames, corona, zodiacal light, and perhaps a kind of atmosphere than we know. The earth is 141 A SOL All SYSTEM. not without its inexplicable surroundings. It lias notonly its…

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