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CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER I.
Primitive Astronomy, §§ 1-18 |
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| § 1. | Scope of astronomy |
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| §§ 2-5. | First notions: the motion of the sun : the motion and phases of the moon : daily motion of the stars |
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| § 6. | Progress due to early civilised peoples : Egyptians, Chinese, Indians, and Chaldaeans |
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| § 7. | The celestial sphere : its scientific value : apparent distance between the stars : the measurement of angles |
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| §§ 8-9. | The rotation of the celestial sphere : the North and South poles : the daily motion : the celestial equator : circumpolar stars |
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| §§ 10-11. | The annual motion of the sun : great circles : the ecliptic and its obliquity : the equinoxes and equinoctial points : the solstices and solstitial points |
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| §§ 12-13. | The constellations : the zodiac, signs of the zodiac, and zodiacal constellations : the first point of Aries(♈︎), and the first point of Libra (♎︎) |
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| § 14. | The five planets : direct and retrograde motions : stationary points |
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| § 15. | The order of nearness of the planets: occultations : superior and inferior planets |
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