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 من الصفحات |
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... Satellites has given greater perfection to our geographical and marine charts , than could have been done for a thousand years by voyages and travels ; and when their theory shall be rendered still more complete by multiplied observa ...
... Satellites has given greater perfection to our geographical and marine charts , than could have been done for a thousand years by voyages and travels ; and when their theory shall be rendered still more complete by multiplied observa ...
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... satellites . * From a Greek word signifying to wander , because these bodies are conti- nually changing their places . + Those planets that are nearest the sun move quickest in their orbits . The moon is therefore considered as a ...
... satellites . * From a Greek word signifying to wander , because these bodies are conti- nually changing their places . + Those planets that are nearest the sun move quickest in their orbits . The moon is therefore considered as a ...
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... satellite , be- cause it performs its revolutions round the earth . The number of secondary planets at present known is 18 . Of these , one circulates round the earth ; four round Jupiter ; seven round Saturn ; and six round Uranus ...
... satellite , be- cause it performs its revolutions round the earth . The number of secondary planets at present known is 18 . Of these , one circulates round the earth ; four round Jupiter ; seven round Saturn ; and six round Uranus ...
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... satellite . Mr. Ferguson , however , thinks that Venus may have a satellite rovolving round her , though it has not yet been discovered ; and adds , “ that this will not appear very surprising , if we consider how inconveniently we are ...
... satellite . Mr. Ferguson , however , thinks that Venus may have a satellite rovolving round her , though it has not yet been discovered ; and adds , “ that this will not appear very surprising , if we consider how inconveniently we are ...
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... satellite revolves round Mars it must be very small , as it has not yet been discovered , not- withstanding the great number of observations which have been made on this planet with the most powerful telescopes . To Mars , the earth and ...
... satellite revolves round Mars it must be very small , as it has not yet been discovered , not- withstanding the great number of observations which have been made on this planet with the most powerful telescopes . To Mars , the earth and ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 16 - Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 64 - ... a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint daylight.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.