Rudiments of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy: Designed for the Younger Classes in Academies, and for Common SchoolsS. Babcock, 1844 - 288 páginas |
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angle appear applied astronomers atmosphere attraction axis ball called celestial celestial equator celestial sphere center of gravity circle colors comet convex convex lens curve cylinder degrees Describe diameter direction distance earth ecliptic elastic electricity equal equator example fall feet figure fixed stars fluid force friction glass heat heavenly bodies heavens Hence horizon inches increased inferior conjunction inferior planets lens less Leyden Jar magnet mechanical mechanical advantage Mechanical Philosophy Mercury meridian miles moon motion move naked eye Natural Philosophy nearer needle object opposite orbit parallax pass pipe piston planets pole portion pressure prime conductor principle produced properties proportion quantity of matter refraction represented revolution revolve right ascension rise round seen side sidereal sidereal day solar space sphere steam superior conjunction superior planets surface telescope tides tion tube turn Uranus vapor velocity vessel vibrations weight wheel zenith
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Página 212 - 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 180 - A line drawn from the centre to the circumference of a circle is called a radius, as CD, CB, or C K. Any part of the circumference of a circle is called an arc, as AB, or B D.
Página 84 - The two essential properties of matter, both of which are inseparable from it, are extension and impenetrability. Extension, in the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness, belongs to matter under all circumstances ; and impenetrability, or the property of excluding all other matter from the space which it occupies, appertains alike to the largest body and to the smallest particle, and to bodies under every form, solid, fluid, and aeriform.
Página 244 - They are so small as to be invisible to the naked eye, but are seen by telescopes of moderate power.
Página 225 - In any year, the number of eclipses of both luminaries cannot be less than two, nor more than seven. The most usual number is four, and it is very rare to have more than six.
Página 281 - ... suppose that we can enter into them to any but a very small degree. They doubtless go immeasurably beyond our mode of understanding or conceiving them. But to a certain extent we can go. We can go so far as to see that they are Ends and Purposes. It is not a vain presumption in us to suppose that we know that the eye was made for seeing and the ear for hearing.
Página 189 - The tropics are the parallels of latitude which pass through the solstices. The northern tropic is called the tropic of Cancer ; the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. The polar circles are the parallels of latitude that pass through the poles of the ecliptic, at the distance of twenty-three and a half degrees from the poles of the earth.
Página 171 - By means of this instrument, the eels in vinegar, which are usually so small as to be invisible to the naked eye...
Página 94 - ... of the same fluid, the pressure of the atmosphere is wholly removed from the upper surface of the mercury in the tube, while it continues to act on the mercury in the bason, and by its means on the lower surface of the column in the tube.
Página 4 - I have in my possession an amusing and well.executed engraving, representing a family scene, where a young urchin had cut open the bellows to find the wind. His little brother is looking over his shoulder with innocent and intense curiosity, while the angry mother stands behind with the uplifted rod, and a countenance which bespeaks the wo that impends over the young philosopher. A more judicious parent would have gently reproved the error ; a more enT -•'• ' lightened parent might have hailed...