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Show I- rCofliddeaee cheera u. and Ikppy. we'll be v" ..jUKB.Cm'. AsTEONOjre is a fmixcd mathema C l Bcioiice toacliirig tho. ktioivledgo the tsiilefetial bodicsitthoir'taagnituji motions'; : Jstatfccsi pcriodgji ccli psi 'andtars: by wiiciiQ'aro surround ..injnfiwto epaco. , . , I , . Uo'bud, tov.wWcIi Jre aro:4idobt( xlpr ourghfia nearly TOilU6a'ttim iiidva ininctyffivd.mjHi6n3 of $ml Ifiowsis.y jtiai tBocentreoa. va "fey'BtSni'of'pifanetii or:sglobe3 like tl ecarh,BHJjof 'iiiclf more: round I 'bodjrat'cat.distfincesi and- in-cliflc critbrjiodii otjxmcf ?irefco;suri'iYi "iHtB, attendant'plariotsjl is'fbUfcf k ye littlo'pari.oE bo,jrand.nia:cbinVpft niverse.Th'Q starsrhipE,W ,bcbc ig tbo.sky, iHougb, omng; tpj'tibbir, h .monso distance, .tHoyjapM c aro: no lrasiepacious and luminous .th itbeBqurco pt.outday . - , r.Tbe planets wbicfi. roorfl -TOuncM Bun-ar'e about ety innumberj of .wbi 'gJuy;bViB&idtb:nnk in tbe fi 'Tela88)inumttrtKoy move in orb '(fbnsidcrably romoved from each -6th wbicUakc3'thcm - pendent; bUo;a gfpup'of small; bod called aBtprolda, fif tytwa1" in. puinb may bcwvul to uavo" biitone oirbiti Jart jn tlip.eeries, and tbWto, bo' qi cbrprdinatQ itk.ono,oEteie3iCThi two.kinds -aro called PWjyUi il plane - to distinguish, them from otberscwk: movo round somcof tho primaries; a Tfbtchrare called secondaries, satellit tor.wpoas, f vrkckjtherQao ninct( TJei4e tke bodj.tlK!fcjs an iWwitinumberof bodis,called comi 1m . primary .planete aro-Merci Vestts, tko. Earth, MarsfVcsfa, Oc m Pallw5 janb, Aatraea,- Flora, Victc IrisMetis, HebJ arthcuopc, Eg .. Irtne, Hygeia, Jupiter) Saturn, Ilrai and Neptune besides a number Other asteribds, rccchtl1 disebyoi !f whoso faamca thavo hot i'given. v Edrtli has onb satelllUj, the Sldoh;1 pitbi'' tys .four; jaturn, sevenjtJra el lsjupposcd to ha fp six ; . and, Neptuno i - , iChojplanots ireypio joynd the?, i .fjfoja west totcat,. on nearly jono ji . .or,plabo-corrcsp,onding with thocei 9 ,o liia bddy anu.iath6;8amb: direct f... fho moonSvafe?royolve rdun'd their 1.5 jspectirp planoisjf and irt the; mto, ;T; tebtibn,i.;from.:4west . tbccast.' :5C1 ,mbtiPn9'-;arer&llc ;ii&$pimQX -motions j j aid they f aro dbublb .in PC; caoof thb rnbonsy whicli liavqXi '? f co1utittnvrpuH ar iw levblutiopj ijl clompttnihiaji f;round;ihoiu id !n;i4rov.plu'dgn ; js fialicd;;.oiiiiTi l: fiidbs'lthik motion r of roypluiipni.c tj " pianet secondary .Vclt M primi ;ed audp 6unmi, .hiis: av motion ";ia : . pin body, iko. that oEa bobbin. np, spindle n.imaginary "litipf brml ?P. isit.crp,; thp: 6pindIooEftbp,'Bun plinetf is, called the.AXisjj.Iud'ih(r end3"o!E,& "to planets1 ar16 allincarly; tft:Svrjgli;'ai thattj&lane'.-lf.'r thp'vblutiofl "( eHite.tJL'Ktf gbtionybn,: tlo! i .cnphonthSUan attend .plaip.;mppil"s ? pnscirt h"ai1s1npvnvaS;t c-jSfetailphcorgloboi ;c 82'lOQiiles;in';diamo(oror. o.ve willipaiUmei thisii filssjii ibl;tlilt Je - "I tnoving -TounUs -its1 asisin-SSfli-.di Wjbii;vip 'v sufXacpppeUra Sif oifeis-.jt, imparting. bdth'-heatr1 r? slight. to.tajl hp surrpuudiiig.' plat t. A.:nttbc& du Bpoalmay, hpvrc ..1 2, acSK 'he8V:,.wns'iSi a inucl . whieh;Jr-much', dartcAanthpr;! the ahpsurrbgde r' 1 tfnd they -aTpf-sb 5schangeablo;-.as5 t quently toiVaiy; during tiio'Ptiinb '"J abservarioiafS6mo,;bf 4ho lafgcsl thcm:cxPeed- -'balk -'oftfier J: mi' 'f&ffiftzpmS, scpnafdr: tl 1 montloge th' posed" to bci cavitics1', in" the Dody E 'Z -mf Thpugh thbacipprni 5i larger than the jcarthV'i matte; "' 6nlyibout'1n'cREpurth wc our planet, ior.btttIitUe moro than density of watbh tThpaBun is surrounded to a-g ti- distance by a faint' light, or lumit of matter of great thinness, sh'apcd iil es, iensor magnifying glMs,'th6 "bodj e3, the'suri beingin, thp"ccnteb iii- luminous'iaiattcrrtcndinf tfici p" ets b,sthp 'jplanetary rbvdlutidns'i let terminates inXpoint... Sbmetime may,;bo Becii bpforeisunrjspor a 2U sunset, jn tno rorm or a.cone point es obliquely abby.owheroithq.sun napj ej .to boiTand is. called tho JZpniAo'Ai.:Lio .os; srMBnojmTr rjsrene:csfcplwct at ;4h'bJunV.and'i3 a.lbb'o':of'aboui;"3i hb mileVindiamctPriotating'bn its") iis' .m?24 hours and'5 miniiteSj andrevl nf- ing" round H'tho sun, at. o distance th abp4t $7 millions of miles, ih'SS 'di ry I!rpm tho earth?if c'"Jpniy bp ieeii ho cwjpallyinormoro "prjcfcnin lid it!neyer rises boforpi pj abfiT., aftcra Vuri; at. a greiter distance, of ,timp, I ill, ;1 shbur:;;and.65 .minutes.., Jt ,app an to the cyo.as a small and brilliants but whontpcent.through' a telescopi ho horned liko tho moonbecauso wo ich seo a. part oftlursurfaco which tho rst is illuminating. 1 Great mountains, its mpro than ten miles' in height, 1 er been observed 'onr the surface of lb- plariet. Thp'inatter of Mercuryis e ies to'lcad'in c?gbt, whicb'is bE'n er, greater density than thajt of tlie ca: ial ymvsia, planetrbfi abbut14? y .milesjn'alM sso ocarUrbjatin its iiis.-in its, hours 21, minutes-and;! 9 seconds, ich reyplving round thoBun,aithadisti ,nd of 68 millions of miles, in 225 jd es, like Mercury, it is only yisfiblet ipp, ,ih ,tho iBorning ;.tiv vcning, b nr lunfisp'and1 after Tsu;tisetj ahf is stsv known 'rik the jfllbrnlhg orEV aryi Star, - ;If appears iuir ttib .tnosl rcsi liant and ,bcatfur;othp.pTaB da atnd steljar'b'pdiesjand at limps givi iriai much tight, as tpYproducpa, spi bus,1 shadQvif." When seen through'a tplci Of it iippieiirs hdmed, m ccbuntM0l rid, aeiBgtenlyft parfepf. itaflaraitiow Iho face, aSd; occasionally slight spots JU- bascofia tho .-illummated pari.t inus aurfacojfeenialtg.bo Very unequal jncj itainoantaiits rangO betwcenlOai 3;un, dbiles in. height J. and. supposed to ?yol aniatmosphero Similar ito the .pa jtra "Vpnusris scon passing ovcr tWti ion. thr Brfn. ipmo tUmcsy likeya s.rpund, re Bpotiy f,,. j.,, $k!C-'V ies'e. order, ,ahdone.oUipl:sma Uibughrndtho smallps one .'thp concerns usthp) mos't.iltis, "3 incb railesinmpan diamotof, rotating ( id;a axis m 2.h0iirs, at;a,meandiatan VtsVf ,95,000,p0dl5.bE i milesefro'the1 inbt; qdMcuWj ;8CS i pp- i5hppri'48 minutes .and. 0 1 ach; l'lio jfMw.Vo.Jh6' Icartlij-arid, prol iry, ihai b'EWorolhcrplanp'iibBt tits .round Hkp a. ball.VbuVis flatten jna. iittlo" at'thopolPs, proxtreraities o ng, taxis. ' ,!!pKb'diamptcr.spEthd earl ;pr ithb axia-,Hr;2G;milo3? less, tlian' ii two prbssi dircc ilib. fprm isjln nd ;mdtipnlE4hjs,ca lglo -thbimboni; thpdisUnctibri?- iftryi spwi 'ceafis't &ocja iixis Soulditibcf; clearly, :-markcdj; ;;fbr ropI.app.car .lifco lc jspotsiuppn fts;dispiqr , Ani aqf earth wouJd:appoar to? an ,obscrV jtn- tho moon as another great moon, i em- fifty times tho sizo of, tho ono ho xa. -also, would .. apppat. bo Waiiy ' y$; r s'JDho Eart. has ;r?m Batolutc ".its! MbonwbickVi ou4 in diampterV Md , coriscque ntlj , and thb'.fi .ftiethrpaj t bthesizb6E the ipts. rbvplyirigrpun 70 Qt 48 -,minutclf?.andlir-6ecbnds,''ii jiir; diit'ancb'p237iQ00 milesv? The; eusi IsVip&Viinips'near est :8s;;Hi--bing6o-c.nc1i sipal akp tipppark.tp libE: about jtliO' frbr !tVjHbon atways'kecpsithb ';. b'E fpwa otarthJ;'s if nce:on:icr?axi: hole jdipjpMth; night lircb ,c.phVquentIy,vWi IbngVas iho; j iiBi :frpm hew mpon to fulI;mpon,. tK6 stated ibpfbre,4hp earth acts atf a mch ,to; her,- being at tho same timd r 'la luminousj Bb -when- it is -now' moi ' of- tho teartb, it is tf; full earth t tho moon,, and vice-versa. As the '. shin'es with no light besido that reat shof eflects' f rom thp Sun, it is e lbus 'that her shapb must depend oi kc'a positiorv in regard to tho sun and r'ot When the earth is exactly in tho 'the dlo,tho whole'illumed siue of tho lano will be towards tho earth, and ifv Ot. 'a full mooir When tho4 moon is s i middle, her duvk ,sidp will bo pros iter Wfliq eaftir0nd jt jvill bo new;t ting nlippn. Asfibtprpcce'ds from nj tens fuli.morpan.morp. pt upr .ngui ibt, will appear ?br itw;ill increas.osaii to going- frpmi.f ullf tonaw, it wil 140 cbursodecrcaso.; ixis As both cartb and mbon cast olv- ahadowsit uvidentj-fiftheykn of on the samo leyci, that every tin iya. earth passes' behveen tbo'sun and p "per h'o earth's shadow would5 fali b ias and darken or eclipse thp moon; ,tho that flvcry titnp flip moon passes hah Ween thp.sun and.' e'arUi, .thp m cars shadbjw; 'would? eclipsb the sun, itari Moon,thowovcr,,asconds and dpscc a. is degrees in, ovcry revolution,, ap tin only general the ehadows. pass und( Bun ovorj but when, tho, new or full i one takes placo at the very time si lave passing tho piano o tho earth's this m ascending or descending, the qual striking, phenoiaena of an eclipse luch place. The shadow of tho eari tfb?. seen on tho ihoon, demonstrates ii ,800 u'ndity;hd tlio 'shadow of tho i :e of ori tho earth, p,royps:ihat it ;is n ? :28 than tho sunfijo thp.passing of tho : ,iu$4''vVtha?pJanett' and atars, inco .Qcpuitatibnsi pro ves .that they are aye. .distant Utan the Mopn. " - - , ? - |