INTENDED FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE: IN WHICH THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY ARE FULLY EXPLAINED. VOL. II. OF ASTRONOMY. Conversation, with the habit of explaining the meaning of words, and BY THE REV. J. JOYCE. A NEW EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS CUTS, AND OTHER ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR BALDWIN AND CRADOCK; CHARLES. The delay occasioned by our long walk has afforded us one of the most brilliant views of our heavens that I ever saw. James. It is uncommonly clear; and the longer I keep my eyes fixed upwards, the more stars seem to appear: how is it possible to number these stars? and yet I have heard that they are numbered, and even arranged in catalogues according to their apparent magnitude. Pray, sir, |