Astronomy, as it is Known at the Present Day: With an Account of the Nature and Use of Astronomical Instruments, the Manner of Calculating the Notes of the Calendar, the Distances and Magnitudes of the Planets, and a Number of Other Useful and Interesting Calculations in AstronomyW. Cole, 1825 - 166 pàgines |
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... length of the Mediterranean Sea was unknown till the be- ginning of the seventeenth century , but is now as well known as the length of Great Britain . The difference of Longitude between Cairo , and Toledo in Spain , is stated , in the ...
... length of the Mediterranean Sea was unknown till the be- ginning of the seventeenth century , but is now as well known as the length of Great Britain . The difference of Longitude between Cairo , and Toledo in Spain , is stated , in the ...
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... length of his year . The length of his day , or the time he takes to perform a revolution round his axis , is not known ; for , by reason of his proximity to the sun , few observations can be made upon him . The German astronomer ...
... length of his year . The length of his day , or the time he takes to perform a revolution round his axis , is not known ; for , by reason of his proximity to the sun , few observations can be made upon him . The German astronomer ...
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... length , Apparent queen , unveil'd her peerless light , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . MILTON . Venus is computed to be 68,518,044 miles distant from the sun ; she moves at the rate of 76,000 miles per hour ; and completes ...
... length , Apparent queen , unveil'd her peerless light , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . MILTON . Venus is computed to be 68,518,044 miles distant from the sun ; she moves at the rate of 76,000 miles per hour ; and completes ...
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... length was much greater than its breadth , and surrounded by an unpassable ocean . - Towards the north he placed a huge mountain , round which the sun and stars performed their diurnal revolutions ; and from the conical shape which he ...
... length was much greater than its breadth , and surrounded by an unpassable ocean . - Towards the north he placed a huge mountain , round which the sun and stars performed their diurnal revolutions ; and from the conical shape which he ...
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... length of pendu- lums at different places of the earth's surface , proceed upon the sup- position that the earth is a homogeneous body , which is very impro- bable , the true figure of the earth can scarcely be expected to be discovered ...
... length of pendu- lums at different places of the earth's surface , proceed upon the sup- position that the earth is a homogeneous body , which is very impro- bable , the true figure of the earth can scarcely be expected to be discovered ...
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Astronomy, as it is Known at the Present Day: To which is Added,a Supplement ... George G. Carey Visualització completa - 1836 |
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Pàgina 110 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish ; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air : thou hast seen these signs ; They are black vesper's pageants.
Pàgina 100 - Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots up immense; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion, running from the red To where the violet fades into the sky.
Pàgina 130 - With light and heat refulgent. Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year: And oft Thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks : And oft...
Pàgina 15 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Pàgina 23 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Pàgina 16 - Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Pàgina 116 - The rising vapours catch the silver light ; Thence fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
Pàgina 64 - ... a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint daylight.
Pàgina 68 - Next glaring wat'ry thro' the Bull he moves; The am'rous Twins admit his genial ray ; Now burning, thro' the Crab he takes his way ; The Lion flaming, bears the solar power; The Virgin faints beneath the sultry shower. Now the just Balance weighs his equal force, The slimy Serpent swelters in his course; The sabled Archer clouds his languid face ; The Goat, with tempests, urges on his race.
Pàgina 111 - Where, midst the changeful scenery, ever new, Fancy a thousand wondrous forms descries, More wildly great than ever pencil drew, Rocks, torrents, gulfs, and shapes of giant size, And glitt'ring cliffs on cliffs, and fiery ramparts, rise.