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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... Matter in the Sun and Planets 144 Of the Principal Systems of Astronomy 146 Ptolemaic System 148 Copernican System Tychonic System Cartesian System 150 150 155 History of Astronomy 156 Introduction CONTENTS OF THE SUPPLEMENT . On ...
... Matter in the Sun and Planets 144 Of the Principal Systems of Astronomy 146 Ptolemaic System 148 Copernican System Tychonic System Cartesian System 150 150 155 History of Astronomy 156 Introduction CONTENTS OF THE SUPPLEMENT . On ...
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... matter , or the texture , intervals , form , and composition , of the parts of the most common plant . " Nor has any Physician yet discovered the reason of the virtues and operations by which his medicines affect the human body . And No ...
... matter , or the texture , intervals , form , and composition , of the parts of the most common plant . " Nor has any Physician yet discovered the reason of the virtues and operations by which his medicines affect the human body . And No ...
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... matter of much greater importance than many are aware of ; for the multitude of our affairs , and the necessity for exactness in most of them , have rendered accuracy in the division of time absolutely necessary . Now this cannot be ...
... matter of much greater importance than many are aware of ; for the multitude of our affairs , and the necessity for exactness in most of them , have rendered accuracy in the division of time absolutely necessary . Now this cannot be ...
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... matter compared with that of the earth has also been stated by La Place to be 337,422 times that of the earth . The ancients believed that the sun , and all the other celestial bo- dies , moved round the earth as their common centre ...
... matter compared with that of the earth has also been stated by La Place to be 337,422 times that of the earth . The ancients believed that the sun , and all the other celestial bo- dies , moved round the earth as their common centre ...
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... matter of the sun is not very accumulated . From these appearances Dr. H. draws the following conclusions : that the sun has a very extensive atmosphere , which consists of va- rious elastic fluids , that are more or less lucid and ...
... matter of the sun is not very accumulated . From these appearances Dr. H. draws the following conclusions : that the sun has a very extensive atmosphere , which consists of va- rious elastic fluids , that are more or less lucid and ...
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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 |
Astronomy, as It Is Known at the Present Day (Classic Reprint) George G. Carey Previsualització no disponible - 2018 |
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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.