A short course in astronomy and the use of the globes (1871)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Chicago, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & co. · leaf 90
islands in the cut ? 87 summer advances. Evidences are also presented of anatmosphere, probably equal in density to that of the earth. No entirely satisfactory cause has been assigned for the ruddycolor of this planet. It is thought by Sir John Herschel to be dueto an ochrey tinge in the general… … NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES OF WARS, The annexed cut does not represent any actual telescopic viewsof the planet, since we are never so situated as to be able to see thewhole of either the northern or southern hemisphere at any onetime. It exhibits a combination of a large number of…
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