Tales about the sun, moon, and stars |
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... talks of the Light of the Sun , and of the Sun's Spots 15. About Openings , Shallows , Indentations , and Pores ; and about other temporary Appearances upon the Surface of the Sun 16. More about the Telescopic Appearances of the Sun's ...
... talks of the Light of the Sun , and of the Sun's Spots 15. About Openings , Shallows , Indentations , and Pores ; and about other temporary Appearances upon the Surface of the Sun 16. More about the Telescopic Appearances of the Sun's ...
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... talking of the face of the moon , meaning only its surface , figure , or appearance ; it is often painted as a real human face . Others say , that the same spots or marks are like an old woman , bent almost double ; while others , also ...
... talking of the face of the moon , meaning only its surface , figure , or appearance ; it is often painted as a real human face . Others say , that the same spots or marks are like an old woman , bent almost double ; while others , also ...
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... Moon ? What about a certain German philosopher ? How do the Peruvians account for the spots upon the moon ? CHAP . IV . PARLEY TELLS STILL MORE OF THE 14 PARLEY'S TALES OF Parley talks of the Light of the Sun, and of the Sun's Spots.
... Moon ? What about a certain German philosopher ? How do the Peruvians account for the spots upon the moon ? CHAP . IV . PARLEY TELLS STILL MORE OF THE 14 PARLEY'S TALES OF Parley talks of the Light of the Sun, and of the Sun's Spots.
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... talking of mountains in the moon , which are topics of astronomy ; and not of the Moun- Does Sir David Brewster seem to support , at least partially , the older opinion , as to the great height of the mountains in the moon ? tains of ...
... talking of mountains in the moon , which are topics of astronomy ; and not of the Moun- Does Sir David Brewster seem to support , at least partially , the older opinion , as to the great height of the mountains in the moon ? tains of ...
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... talk of the actual geology of the moon , or of the stratification and composition of those rocks which Sir David Brewster so minutely and terrifically pictures ! " The generality of the mountains in the moon , present , " says Sir John ...
... talk of the actual geology of the moon , or of the stratification and composition of those rocks which Sir David Brewster so minutely and terrifically pictures ! " The generality of the mountains in the moon , present , " says Sir John ...
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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.