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Introduction to Astronomy from Smith's illustrated astronomy : designed for the use of the public or common schools in the United States.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This map of the solar system from 1849 may look a little different from what you re used to! The planets Neptune and ...
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Introduction to astronomy

Chapter I: Introduction: the dawn of astronomy -- Chapter II: The earth -- Chapter III: Tools and methods -- Chapter IV: The sun -- Chapter V: The moon -- Chapter VI: Eclipses and tides -- Chapter VII ...
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