An Introduction to Astronomy ...J. Nunn, 1816 - 428 էջ |
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... nature , as to be utterly unattainable without a previous knowledge of many other branches of science . The principal object in view , throughout the whole performance , has been to avoid , as much as possible , all complicated ...
... nature , as to be utterly unattainable without a previous knowledge of many other branches of science . The principal object in view , throughout the whole performance , has been to avoid , as much as possible , all complicated ...
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... , that must necessarily arise in the contemplation of some of the grandest scenes in nature , and the most stupendous works of creation . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SEVENTH EDITION . THE favourable reception which viii PREFACE .
... , that must necessarily arise in the contemplation of some of the grandest scenes in nature , and the most stupendous works of creation . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SEVENTH EDITION . THE favourable reception which viii PREFACE .
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... Nature of the Tides • IX . Of the Latitude and Longitude , and the Methods of discovering them X. The same subject ... Natural and Artificial Divisions of Time XIII . Of the Equation of Time , or the Difference between Mean Time and ...
... Nature of the Tides • IX . Of the Latitude and Longitude , and the Methods of discovering them X. The same subject ... Natural and Artificial Divisions of Time XIII . Of the Equation of Time , or the Difference between Mean Time and ...
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... nature . For it is here that we discover the wonders of the Almighty , and see the wisdom of God in the works of the creation . Nor is there any knowledge , attained by the light of nature , that gives us juster ideas of this great ...
... nature . For it is here that we discover the wonders of the Almighty , and see the wisdom of God in the works of the creation . Nor is there any knowledge , attained by the light of nature , that gives us juster ideas of this great ...
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... nature he suspects her constancy , and regards all her operations with dread and apprehension . The regular and invari- able order of things will , at length , inspire him with confidence ; but still there are some singular pha- nomena ...
... nature he suspects her constancy , and regards all her operations with dread and apprehension . The regular and invari- able order of things will , at length , inspire him with confidence ; but still there are some singular pha- nomena ...
Common terms and phrases
ancient angle appear astronomers axis bodies called celestial centre Ceres circle clock comets dark degrees determined diameter disc discovered discoveries diurnal diurnal rotation doctrine earth eclipse epact equal equator fall figure fixed stars force globe gravity greater greatest half heavens hemisphere horizon hundred idea imagined instrument Jupiter Kepler latitude less Libra light longitude lunar lunar eclipse magnitude manner measure Mercury meridian method millions of miles minutes moon moon's motion move round nature Newton night nodes noon north pole northern northern hemisphere observed occasioned orbit parallax pass perceive perihelion phænomena phænomenon philosophers planets pole reckoned revolution revolves round rotation round the earth round the sun satellites Saturn seconds seen situation solar southern constellation space sun and moon sun's supposed surface tance telescope things thousand tion toises twelve Tycho Brahe Uranus Venus Vesta Villejuif whilst zenith
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Էջ 58 - Or, if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes — perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven, And calculate the stars; how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the Sphere With Centric and Eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and Epicycle, orb in orb.
Էջ 289 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?
Էջ 332 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, 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 382 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Էջ 294 - Horrid with frost and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits, away : Then melts into the spring : soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first.
Էջ 289 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Էջ 289 - His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other light she needed none In that...
Էջ 401 - This Being governs all things, not as the Soul of the World, but as Lord over all; and, on account of his dominion, he is wont to be called Lord God, or Universal Ruler.
Էջ 400 - This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets, and Comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.
Էջ 76 - Works in the secret deep; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring: Flings from the sun direct the flaming day; Feeds every creature ; hurls the tempest forth ; And, as on earth this grateful change revolves, With transport touches all the springs of life.