| 1897 - 918 pages
...earth is always present with us, was found to be widely diffused through the celestial spaces. This time was, Indeed, one of strained expectation and...every night's work was red-lettered by some discovery. And yet, notwithstanding, we had to record "that the Inquiry In which we had been engaged has been... | |
| 1900 - 600 pages
...earth is always present with us, was found to be widely diffused through the celestial spaces. This time was, indeed, one of strained expectation and...every night's work was red-lettered by some discovery. And yet, notwithstanding, we had to record that " the inquiry in which we have been engaged has been... | |
| 1922 - 606 pages
...in Italy, and Vogel in Germany were the pioneers in this "New Astronomy." In the words of Huggins: "The time was, indeed, one of strained expectation...every night's work was red-lettered by some discovery. And yet, nothwithstanding, we had to record that the enquiry in which we had been engaged has been... | |
| Michael J. Crowe - 1994 - 468 pages
...chemistry was brought into direct touch with celestial chemistry. . . . This time was, indeed, one ... of scientific exaltation for the astronomer, almost...night's work was red-lettered by some discovery.* Huggins and Miller made numerous spectroscopic observations of stars and planets, achieving many interesting... | |
| Helen Wright - 2003 - 252 pages
...had done and his hopes for the future, Floyd shared his excitement. "The time," Huggins was to write, "was indeed one of strained expectation and of scientific...night's work was red-lettered by some discovery." l9 Just at this time, using a dry gelatin plate with his reflecting telescope, Huggins succeeded in... | |
| 1897 - 1074 pages
...earth is always present with us, was found to be widely diffused through the celestial spaces. This time was, indeed, one of strained expectation and...every night's work was red-lettered by some discovery. And yet, notwithstanding, we had to record ' that the inquiry in which we had been engaged has been... | |
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