Scientific Dialogues,: Of mechanicsBaldwin and Cradock; and R. Hunter, 1828 |
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... give me credit when I tell you , that the distance of the fixed stars from us is immensely great ; con- sequently the rays of light have to travel this distance , in the course of which , especially in their passage through our ...
... give me credit when I tell you , that the distance of the fixed stars from us is immensely great ; con- sequently the rays of light have to travel this distance , in the course of which , especially in their passage through our ...
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... give you the idea of a vast number . Charles . If a little contrivance had been used to conceal the method of making the experiment , I should not have believed but that there had been several half - crowns instead of one . Tutor ...
... give you the idea of a vast number . Charles . If a little contrivance had been used to conceal the method of making the experiment , I should not have believed but that there had been several half - crowns instead of one . Tutor ...
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... of these stars as a kind of standard , in order to discover the names and positions of others in the heavens . Charles . In what way must we proceed in this business ? Tutor . I will give you an exam- ple or 16 ASTRONOMY .
... of these stars as a kind of standard , in order to discover the names and positions of others in the heavens . Charles . In what way must we proceed in this business ? Tutor . I will give you an exam- ple or 16 ASTRONOMY .
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Jeremiah Joyce. Tutor . I will give you an exam- ple or two conceive a line drawn from the star % , ( in the last diagram ) leaving в a little to the left , and it will pass through that very brilliant star A near the horizon towards the ...
Jeremiah Joyce. Tutor . I will give you an exam- ple or two conceive a line drawn from the star % , ( in the last diagram ) leaving в a little to the left , and it will pass through that very brilliant star A near the horizon towards the ...
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... gives the declination of the sun . James . What is that , sir ? " Tutor . The declination of the sun , or of any heavenly body , is its distance from the imaginary circle in the heavens , called the equinoctial . Thus you observe that ...
... gives the declination of the sun . James . What is that , sir ? " Tutor . The declination of the sun , or of any heavenly body , is its distance from the imaginary circle in the heavens , called the equinoctial . Thus you observe that ...
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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...