Tales about the sun, moon, and stars |
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... some of the temporary appearances upon the face of the sun , called by Sir William Herschel openings , shallows , indenta . tions , and pores ? What are openings ? One of these openings , with a shallow about it 80 PARLEY'S TALES OF.
... some of the temporary appearances upon the face of the sun , called by Sir William Herschel openings , shallows , indenta . tions , and pores ? What are openings ? One of these openings , with a shallow about it 80 PARLEY'S TALES OF.
Էջ 81
... shallow is the larger and lighter part of the figure . On the western side of the shallow , its thickness was visible , all the way from its surface downwards ; but on the eastern side only the edge of the shallow was visible , so that ...
... shallow is the larger and lighter part of the figure . On the western side of the shallow , its thickness was visible , all the way from its surface downwards ; but on the eastern side only the edge of the shallow was visible , so that ...
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... shallow is visible only on one side . Large openings are generally surrounded by shallows , as in the instance above ; though many What are large openings generally surrounded by ? openings , and particularly small ones , have no ...
... shallow is visible only on one side . Large openings are generally surrounded by shallows , as in the instance above ; though many What are large openings generally surrounded by ? openings , and particularly small ones , have no ...
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... shallow . That opening , in the course Fig 3 Fig . 5 . Fig 4 of an hour after it had assumed the appearance How do the appearances of openings generally terminate ? What were some of the successive appearances of the opening shown in ...
... shallow . That opening , in the course Fig 3 Fig . 5 . Fig 4 of an hour after it had assumed the appearance How do the appearances of openings generally terminate ? What were some of the successive appearances of the opening shown in ...
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... shallow , as in Fig . 7 . The openings are generally at their greatest extent , as in Fig . 8 , when the shallows begin to diminish , and the lips , or projections , to disap- pear . The division of the decaying opening is shown in Fig ...
... shallow , as in Fig . 7 . The openings are generally at their greatest extent , as in Fig . 8 , when the shallows begin to diminish , and the lips , or projections , to disap- pear . The division of the decaying opening is shown in Fig ...
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Common terms and phrases
annular eclipse appear Arago armillary sphere ash-coloured light asteroïds astronomers atmosphere attraction axis balloon believe bright called cause celestial centre changes CHAP clouds comet dark diameter disc distance earth falling stars figure fixed stars full moon globe Halley's comet Harvest Moons heaven heavenly bodies horizon hundred Hunter's Moon Jupiter larger less light and heat little readers luminous magnitude Mars Mercury meteors Milky millions of miles minute moon's moonlight motion mountains naked eye nearer nebules night November observed old moons opening orbit PARLEY TELLS philosophers planetary primary planets revolving round rise round the earth round the sun satellites Saturn secondary planets seen shallow shooting or falling side Sir John Herschel Sir William Herschel Solar System sometimes spots sun and moon sun's supposed surface tail telescope things thousand miles tion told turn round Uranus Venus visible volcanoes whole Zodiacal Light
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Էջ 16 - Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Էջ xiii - Seized in thought, On Fancy's wild and roving wing I sail, From the green borders of the peopled earth, And the pale moon, her duteous, fair attendant ; From solitary Mars ; from the vast orb Of Jupiter, whose huge gigantic bulk Dances in ether like the lightest leaf...
Էջ 26 - ... a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint daylight.
Էջ 257 - On the other side, Incensed with indignation, Satan stood Unterrified, and like a comet burned, That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Էջ 359 - Centauri and the Cross ; while to the north it fades away pale and dim, and is in comparison hardly traceable.
Էջ 20 - ... below, seem to bid defiance to the laws of gravitation. Around the base of these frightful eminences, are strewed numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which accompany the over-hanging cliffs, we expect every moment that they are to be torn from their base, and that the process of destructive separation which we had only contemplated in its effects, is about to be exhibited before us in tremendous...
Էջ 359 - ... almost vacant parts of its general mass, and that eccentrically, so as to be much nearer to the parts about the Cross than to that diametrically opposed to it.
Էջ 20 - ... spring from their rugged flanks, and threatening the valleys below, seem to bid defiance to the laws of gravitation. Around the base of these frightful eminences, are strewed numerous loose and unconnected fragments, which time seems to have detached from their parent mass ; and when we examine the rents and ravines which accompany the over-hanging cliffs, we expect every moment that they are to be torn from their base, and that the process of destructive separation which we had...
Էջ 360 - ... other objects are scattered. Some of the objects in it are of very singular and incomprehensible forms ; the chief one, especially (30...
Էջ 163 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.