Astronomy, as it is Known at the Present Day: With an Account of the Nature and Use of Astronomical Instruments, the Manner of Calculating the Notes of the Calendar, the Distances and Magnitudes of the Planets, and a Number of Other Useful and Interesting Calculations in AstronomyW. Cole, 1825 - 166 pages |
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... objects described in the Work , a number of neat and accurate engravings have been added , illustrative of those appearances . This must be considered as an advantage by the majority of that class of readers for whom the Work is ...
... objects described in the Work , a number of neat and accurate engravings have been added , illustrative of those appearances . This must be considered as an advantage by the majority of that class of readers for whom the Work is ...
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... Objects Upon the Meteors which surround the Earth On the Change of Place of the Fixed Stars Astronomical Telescope Galilean Telescope On Meteors , & c . On Predicting the Weather by Signs On the Construction of the Heavens On the Use of ...
... Objects Upon the Meteors which surround the Earth On the Change of Place of the Fixed Stars Astronomical Telescope Galilean Telescope On Meteors , & c . On Predicting the Weather by Signs On the Construction of the Heavens On the Use of ...
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... objects it presents ele- vate and improve the mind , banish low and frivolous passions , and become a source of never - ceasing pleasure . No species of knowledge that is attained by the light of nature , gives higher or juster notions ...
... objects it presents ele- vate and improve the mind , banish low and frivolous passions , and become a source of never - ceasing pleasure . No species of knowledge that is attained by the light of nature , gives higher or juster notions ...
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... objects of terror ; but a knowledge of Astronomy has shown these fears to be ground- less , and has even dispelled them from the minds of the most ignorant . But it is not only in this way that Astronomy has rendered itself useful it ...
... objects of terror ; but a knowledge of Astronomy has shown these fears to be ground- less , and has even dispelled them from the minds of the most ignorant . But it is not only in this way that Astronomy has rendered itself useful it ...
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... object is the difference of its angular position as it would be seen from the centre of the earth , and as it is seen from a point on the surface of the earth . This is called the diurnal parallax , to distinguish it from the annual ...
... object is the difference of its angular position as it would be seen from the centre of the earth , and as it is seen from a point on the surface of the earth . This is called the diurnal parallax , to distinguish it from the annual ...
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Astronomy, as It Is Known at the Present Day (Classic Reprint) George G. Carey No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 110 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish ; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air : thou hast seen these signs ; They are black vesper's pageants.
Page 100 - Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots up immense; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion, running from the red To where the violet fades into the sky.
Page 130 - With light and heat refulgent. Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year: And oft Thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks : And oft...
Page 15 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 23 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Page 16 - Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Page 116 - The rising vapours catch the silver light ; Thence fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
Page 64 - ... a degree of brightness about as strong as that with which such a coal would be seen to glow in faint daylight.
Page 68 - Next glaring wat'ry thro' the Bull he moves; The am'rous Twins admit his genial ray ; Now burning, thro' the Crab he takes his way ; The Lion flaming, bears the solar power; The Virgin faints beneath the sultry shower. Now the just Balance weighs his equal force, The slimy Serpent swelters in his course; The sabled Archer clouds his languid face ; The Goat, with tempests, urges on his race.
Page 111 - Where, midst the changeful scenery, ever new, Fancy a thousand wondrous forms descries, More wildly great than ever pencil drew, Rocks, torrents, gulfs, and shapes of giant size, And glitt'ring cliffs on cliffs, and fiery ramparts, rise.