 | John Lathrop - 1812 - 218 oldal
...on an eighteen inch globe, would be less in height than a grain of sand. 166. The celestial globe is an artificial representation of the heavens, on which...it, and viewing the stars in the concave surface.— £Fig. 3.] 167. The ecliptic is a great circle in tvhich the sun makes his apparent progress among... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1821 - 206 oldal
...on an eighteen inch globe, would be less in height than a grain of sand. 166. The celestial globe is an artificial representation of the heavens, on which...centre of it, and viewing the stars in the concave surface.—[Fig. 3»] 167. The ecliptic is a great circle in which the sun makes his apparent progress... | |
 | James Ryan - 1827 - 408 oldal
...there is no other figure which can give so exact an idea of its true shape. 4. The cclestial globe is an artificial representation of the heavens, on which...the stars are laid down in their natural situations. As the stars are drawn on a convex surface, whereas their natural appearance is in a concave one ;... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 642 oldal
...an inverted representation of the heavens, on which the stars are marked according to their several situations. The diurnal motion of this globe is from east to west, to represent the apparent diunial motion of the sun and stars. The eye is supposed to be placed in... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1831 - 646 oldal
...an inverted representation of the heavens, on which the stars are marked according to their several situations. The diurnal motion of this globe is from east to west, to represent the apparent diurnal motion of the sun and stars. The eye is supposed to be placed in... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1832 - 412 oldal
...globe of the earth. The diurnal motion of this globe is from west to east. 2. The CELESTIAL GLOBE is an artificial representation of the heavens, on which...it, and viewing the stars in the concave surface. A 2 w 2 5 3. The Axis OF THE EARTH is an imaginary line passing through the centre of it, upon which... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1835 - 298 oldal
...are truly represented, according to their relative situation. Q. What is a Celestial Globe? A. It is an artificial representation of the heavens, on which...stars are laid' down in their natural situations. <J: What is the Axis of the Earth ? A. They are the two extremities of the axis, where it is supposed... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1836 - 294 oldal
...truly represented, according to their relative situation. Q. What is a Celestial Globe ? . A. It is an artificial representation of the heavens, on which...the stars are laid down in their natural situations. Q. What is the Axis of the Earth ? A. It is an imaginary line passing through the centre of it, upon... | |
 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - 1838 - 280 oldal
...convex surface, whereas their natural appearance is in a concave one, therefore, in using the celestial globe, the student is supposed to be situated in the...it, and viewing the stars in the concave surface. LXXXI. What is the Equator 7 LXXXII. What are the Arctic and Antarctic circles 1 LXXXIII. What are... | |
 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - 1838 - 308 oldal
...convex surface, whereas their natural appearance is in a concave one, therefore, in using the celestial globe, the student is supposed to be situated in the...centre of it, and viewing the stars in the concave surfaee. LXXXI. What is the Equator 1 LXXXII. What are the Arctic and Antarctic circles1 LXXXIII. What... | |
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The CELESTIAL GLOBE is an artificial representation of the heavens, on which the stars are laid down in their natural situations. The diurnal motion of this globe is from east to west, and represents the apparent diurnal motion of the sun, moon and stars.... 
