Scientific Dialogues,: Of mechanicsBaldwin and Cradock; and R. Hunter, 1828 |
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... centre . We shall have occasion to refer to this star again ; at present I have directed your at- tention to it , as a proper method of finding the cardinal points by star- light . James . Yes , I understand now that if I look to the ...
... centre . We shall have occasion to refer to this star again ; at present I have directed your at- tention to it , as a proper method of finding the cardinal points by star- light . James . Yes , I understand now that if I look to the ...
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... centre , while the planets , and our earth among them , revolve round him at different distances . Charles . But are there not some people who believe that the sun goes round the earth ? Tutor . Yes , it is an opinion em- braced by the ...
... centre , while the planets , and our earth among them , revolve round him at different distances . Charles . But are there not some people who believe that the sun goes round the earth ? Tutor . Yes , it is an opinion em- braced by the ...
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... the sun is in the centre , about which the planets revolve from west to east , according to the order of the signs in the ecliptic ; that is , if a planet is seen in Aries , it advances to Taurus , then F 2 OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM . 51.
... the sun is in the centre , about which the planets revolve from west to east , according to the order of the signs in the ecliptic ; that is , if a planet is seen in Aries , it advances to Taurus , then F 2 OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM . 51.
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... centre , round which revolve seven planets , and eighteen satellites or moons . Are there no other bodies belonging to it ? Tutor . Yes , as I just observed , four other planetary bodies have been very lately discovered as belonging to ...
... centre , round which revolve seven planets , and eighteen satellites or moons . Are there no other bodies belonging to it ? Tutor . Yes , as I just observed , four other planetary bodies have been very lately discovered as belonging to ...
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... imagine an axis upon which it revolves as upon a centre , the extremities of which imaginary axis are the poles of the earth ; of these , N , the north pole , points at all times exactly to the north pole of the heavens ,. 66 ASTRONOMY .
... imagine an axis upon which it revolves as upon a centre , the extremities of which imaginary axis are the poles of the earth ; of these , N , the north pole , points at all times exactly to the north pole of the heavens ,. 66 ASTRONOMY .
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24 hours 95 millions annual motion appear Aries astronomers axis called centre Charles clock comet consequently CONVERSATION dark days and nights degrees dial diameter discovered distance diurnal motion earth's orbit ecliptic enlightened Ephemeris equal equator figure fixed stars full moon globe greater half heavens heliocentric hemisphere hence Herschel horizon inhabitants James journey round Julius Cæsar Jupiter larger latitude Leap-Year less Libra light and heat longitude magnitude Mars means Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes moon's nearer nearest noon observe parallel pass polar circles position rays retrograde motion revolves rise and set rotation round the earth round the sun satellites Saturn seasons seen shadow shine sidereal day situated Solar System spectator summer sun and earth sun's superior planets supposed surface synodical month tance thousand tides tion top-mast tropic tropic of Cancer turn Tutor tween Venus vertical visible winter
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Seite 133 - 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.
Seite 166 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Seite 231 - Amid the radiant orbs, That more than deck — that animate — the sky, The life-infusing suns of other worlds ; Lo ! from the dread immensity of space Returning, with accelerated course, The rushing comet to the Sun descends ; And as he sinks below the shading earth, With awful train projected o'er the heavens, 1710 The guilty nations tremble.
Seite 89 - In endless speculation, and adore ? One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine ; And light us deep into the Deity ; How boundless in magnificence and might!
Seite 197 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Seite 196 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
Seite 6 - To ask or search I blame thee not, for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works, and learn His seasons, hours, or days, or months, or years.
Seite 148 - But opposite in levell'd west was set His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other light she needed none In that aspect, and still that distance keeps Till night...
Seite 53 - Prime cheerer, light! Of all material beings first, and best ! Efflux divine ! Nature's resplendent robe ! Without whose vesting beauty all were wrapt In unessential gloom ; and thou, O sun ! Soul of surrounding worlds, in whom best seen Shines out thy Maker...
Seite 196 - But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride ? Thyself but dust; thy stature but a span, A moment thy duration; foolish man! As well may the minutest emmet say, That Caucasus was...