Elements of Astronomy: Descriptive and Physical ...Durrie and Peck, 1831 - 144 páginas |
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... organs of vision like ours . > The inclination of Jupiter's orbit , to the plane of the Ecliptic , is very small ; and the Sun is constantly vertical at its Equator , allowing no variety in the length of its days , and little ...
... organs of vision like ours . > The inclination of Jupiter's orbit , to the plane of the Ecliptic , is very small ; and the Sun is constantly vertical at its Equator , allowing no variety in the length of its days , and little ...
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... Organs of vision like ours , enjoying a cloudless winter even- ing sky in Saturn , would behold as splendid and magnificent a scene , as our imagination can well form in a physical universe . But such organs of vision there , would be ...
... Organs of vision like ours , enjoying a cloudless winter even- ing sky in Saturn , would behold as splendid and magnificent a scene , as our imagination can well form in a physical universe . But such organs of vision there , would be ...
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... organs of vision like ours , if located in the centre of its hemisphere turned towards the Earth , to behold a luminary 13 times as large as our full Moon , directly over the head , passing through all the vicissi tudes of the Moon's ...
... organs of vision like ours , if located in the centre of its hemisphere turned towards the Earth , to behold a luminary 13 times as large as our full Moon , directly over the head , passing through all the vicissi tudes of the Moon's ...
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... eye , could deck every landscape with countless millions of gems ; we easily discern , that God can with in- finite ease , place creatures in material worlds , with material organs of vision , in circumstances where equal effulgence ...
... eye , could deck every landscape with countless millions of gems ; we easily discern , that God can with in- finite ease , place creatures in material worlds , with material organs of vision , in circumstances where equal effulgence ...
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... a grove should feel , that the Sun was made solely to adorn and fertilize his own great world the daisy . Per- haps no fellow tenant would presume to controvert his opinion . It is true their organs of vision 132 REFLECTIONS ON.
... a grove should feel , that the Sun was made solely to adorn and fertilize his own great world the daisy . Per- haps no fellow tenant would presume to controvert his opinion . It is true their organs of vision 132 REFLECTIONS ON.
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24 hours 95 millions ABERRATION OF LIGHT altitude angle annular annular eclipse aphelion apparent diameter Aries Astronomy atmosphere attraction axis brass meridian called celestial centre century circle comets constellations degrees density disc Dominical letter double stars east elevated equal Equator estimated fixed stars given place heavenly bodies heavens Herschel horizon illustrate Jupiter Latitude Longitude luminary luminous lunar eclipses magnitude material worlds mean distance Mercury miles the hour millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion nearest nodes observation opposite orbit organs of vision parallax perihelion period planets polar pole primary refraction revolution revolves round right ascension rings rising rotation round the Earth round the Sun satellites Saturn set the index solar eclipse solstice southern hemisphere Sun's place supposed surface telescope thousand miles tides tion torrid zone transit of Venus true place turn the globe twilight velocity vernal equinox visible Zodiac
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Página 121 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Página 136 - Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat.
Página 103 - Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Página 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página 61 - evidence of things not seen," in the fulness of Divine grace ; and was profound on this, the greatest concern of human life, while unable even to comprehend how the " inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit" could be the cause of the change of the seasons.
Página 115 - Rectify the globe to the latitude of the place; bring the sun's place in the ecliptic to the meridian, and set the index to XII.
Página 104 - 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.
Página 138 - Who by searching can find out God ; who can find out the Almighty to perfection...
Página 80 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Página 65 - ... angles. In northern Latitudes, the smallest angle made by the Ecliptic and horizon, is when Aries rises, at which time Libra sets ; the greatest, when Libra rises, at which time Aries sets.