Recreations in AstronomyJohn W. Parker, 1840 - 340 էջ |
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... HEAVENS , including a general survey of the arrangement and mechanism of the wondrous sys- tem of worlds , of which our Earth forms but a part . We trust , therefore , that the reader , in devoting some of his hours of recreation to the ...
... HEAVENS , including a general survey of the arrangement and mechanism of the wondrous sys- tem of worlds , of which our Earth forms but a part . We trust , therefore , that the reader , in devoting some of his hours of recreation to the ...
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Lewis Tomlinson. CONTENTS . CHAPTER INTRODUCTION . I. General Appearance of the Heavens - Form of the Earth - The Sun ... Heavenly Bodies - Ptolemy - Copernicus - Tycho Brahé -Newton - A Popular View of the Theory of Gravitation III ...
Lewis Tomlinson. CONTENTS . CHAPTER INTRODUCTION . I. General Appearance of the Heavens - Form of the Earth - The Sun ... Heavenly Bodies - Ptolemy - Copernicus - Tycho Brahé -Newton - A Popular View of the Theory of Gravitation III ...
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... Heavenly Bodies - How to describe or find them - Classifications and Distinctions of Stars -Their Parallax - Lunar Distances , and the Longitude The Galaxy , or Milky Way- Double and Triple Stars , & c . - Nebula - Stars considered to ...
... Heavenly Bodies - How to describe or find them - Classifications and Distinctions of Stars -Their Parallax - Lunar Distances , and the Longitude The Galaxy , or Milky Way- Double and Triple Stars , & c . - Nebula - Stars considered to ...
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Lewis Tomlinson. RECREATIONS IN ASTRONOMY . INTRODUCTION . " WHEN I consider thy heavens , the work of thy fingers ... heavenly bodies . When we consider the magni- tude and the number of those bodies , the immense distances which ...
Lewis Tomlinson. RECREATIONS IN ASTRONOMY . INTRODUCTION . " WHEN I consider thy heavens , the work of thy fingers ... heavenly bodies . When we consider the magni- tude and the number of those bodies , the immense distances which ...
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... Heavens as may pave the way for the study of a more systematic treatise . We trust , therefore , that both those who have , and those who have not , an oppor- tunity of referring to more elaborate works , will not find the following ...
... Heavens as may pave the way for the study of a more systematic treatise . We trust , therefore , that both those who have , and those who have not , an oppor- tunity of referring to more elaborate works , will not find the following ...
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Almanac altitude angle aphelion appear Aries astronomers atmosphere attraction axis called celestial celestial sphere centre circle circumstance comet constellation dark dial diameter direction disk distance Earth's orbit Earth's surface east equal equator fixed stars globe greater Greek heavenly bodies heavens Hence Herschel horizon immense inferior planet inhabitants Jupiter Latin latitude latter light and heat longitude luminous lunar magnitude Mars means Mercury meridian millions of miles Moon Moon's motion move round nearer night node o'clock observed oval parallax pass perihelion period planet point of Aries poles portion position Quadrant rays reckoned reflecting telescope refracting revolution revolve round right ascension ring rise rotation round the Earth round the Sun satellites Saturn seasons seen shadow side solar eclipse solar system space sphere spot Sun and Moon Sun-dial Sun's supposed telescope termed tides tion tropic twelve Uranus velocity Venus visible zenith Zodiac
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Էջ 235 - The wicked have waited for me to destroy me : but I will consider thy testimonies. 96 I have seen an end of all perfection : but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Էջ 44 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Էջ 238 - Their distance argues, and their swift return Diurnal), merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot...
Էջ 102 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Էջ 236 - The' illustrious stranger passing, terror sheds On gazing -nations from his fiery train, Of length enormous, takes his ample round Through depths of ether ; coasts unnumber'd worlds Of more than solar glory; doubles wide Heaven's mighty cape; and then revisits earth, From the long travel of a thousand years.
Էջ 79 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Էջ 152 - These, each exalting each, the statesman light Into the patriot; these, the public hope And eye to thee converting, bid the Muse Record what envy dares not flattery call. Now when the cheerless empire of the sky To Capricorn the Centaur Archer yields, And fierce Aquarius, stains th' inverted year ; Hung o'er the farthest verge of heaven, the sun Scarce spreads through ether the dejected day.
Էջ 43 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years. And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth ; and it was so.
Էջ 151 - To shake the sounding marsh, or from the shore The plovers when to scatter o'er the heath And sing their wild notes to the listening waste. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. Then no more Th...
Էջ 66 - Prime cheerer Light ! Of all material beings first, and best ! Efflux divine! Nature's resplendent robe! Without whose vesting beauty all were wrapt In unessential gloom; and thou, O Sun!