The gallery of nature: a tour through creation, Volume 281860 |
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... less , when precisely the same effects are produceable by moving the less about the greater , our common sense is at once enlisted in favour of the latter hypothesis as Nature's " wise and frugal " plan . The apparent eccentricities of ...
... less , when precisely the same effects are produceable by moving the less about the greater , our common sense is at once enlisted in favour of the latter hypothesis as Nature's " wise and frugal " plan . The apparent eccentricities of ...
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... less than formerly . Thirty - three days elapsed between Bradley's last observation and Bliss's first ; fifty - three between Bliss's last and Maskelyne's first ; four between Mas- kelyne's last and Pond's first ; and two between Pond's ...
... less than formerly . Thirty - three days elapsed between Bradley's last observation and Bliss's first ; fifty - three between Bliss's last and Maskelyne's first ; four between Mas- kelyne's last and Pond's first ; and two between Pond's ...
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... less than at the surface of the earth . The problem , therefore , to be solved was , whether the versed sine of an arc described by the moon , which measures the space through which in the same time she would fall to the earth , if ...
... less than at the surface of the earth . The problem , therefore , to be solved was , whether the versed sine of an arc described by the moon , which measures the space through which in the same time she would fall to the earth , if ...
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... less portion of the atmosphere included between the two arcs than one from I the horizon ; conse- quently a less quantity will be absorbed ; and hence a ce- lestial object will appear the brighter as its distance from the horizon ...
... less portion of the atmosphere included between the two arcs than one from I the horizon ; conse- quently a less quantity will be absorbed ; and hence a ce- lestial object will appear the brighter as its distance from the horizon ...
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... less elevation in the heavens , the rays reach us more obliquely , and the days being short , the solar action is less continuous . Hence in summer we have the greatest heat though the earth is then farthest from the sun ; and in winter ...
... less elevation in the heavens , the rays reach us more obliquely , and the days being short , the solar action is less continuous . Hence in summer we have the greatest heat though the earth is then farthest from the sun ; and in winter ...
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Alps America ancient animals appearance Asia astronomical Atlantic atmosphere beautiful bodies cause cave cavern climate clouds coast colour comet constellation continent depth diameter direction distance districts earth ecliptic elevation equator Europe exhibits extent fall feet Flamstead flow glaciers globe ground heat heavens height Herschel Himalaya Hipparchus Humboldt hundred hyæna Iceland immense inhabitants island Jupiter lake land latitude light limestone lunar magnitude mass miles moon motion mountains nature nearly night northern northern hemisphere observed occur ocean orbit Orinoco pass perihelion period phenomena plain planets present Ptolemy Pyrenees quadrupeds rain regions remarkable rise river rock sand Saturn seen shore side snow solar southern species spot springs square miles stars stratum stream summit supposed surface temperature terrestrial traveller trees tropical Uranus valley vapour vast vegetation Vesuvius visible volcanic whole wind winter zone
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Página 681 - Thou hast spread thy wing, and sheltered us from the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.
Página 544 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Página 72 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 563 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Página 714 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 320 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 256 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Página 203 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God ! — let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo, God ! God!
Página 684 - Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue ; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream.
Página 5 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears— soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony...