In song and dance about the sacred Hill — Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest; mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem; And in their... On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Page 20by Mary Somerville - 1834 - 458 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1827 - 294 pages
...day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fixed, in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentrick, intervolved, yet regular 623 Then most, when most irregular... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 pages
...Two Fosean. INTERVOLVE', с. a. Lat mtervolvo. To involve one within another. Mystical dance ! which Sڈd x {m &x P 8 .=ĺ{ ̕ ]U t Bd RM1` C ^ l 5 Resembles nearest ; mazes intricate, Kccentrick, intervolvcd, yet regular, Then most, when most, irregular... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1831 - 710 pages
...is also periodical, the terrestrial equator, which is inclined to it at an angle of about 23° 28', will never coincide with the plane of the ecliptic...and night, summer and winter, will continue their vicissiludes while the system endures, or is untroubled by foreign causes. Yonder starry sphere Of... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1831 - 720 pages
...is also periodical, the terrestrial equator, which is inclined to it at an angle of about 23° 28*, will never coincide with the plane of the ecliptic...never can be perpetual spring. The rotation of the earlh is uniform ; therefore day and night, summer and winter, will continue their vicissitudes while... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 pages
...exceed 3°, the terrestrial equator, which is inclined to it at an angle of about 23° 27' 34". 5, will never coincide with the plane of the ecliptic...sphere Of planets, and of fixed, in all her wheels Resembles nearest mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular, Then most, when most irregular... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...S«CT. III. 2° 42', the terrestrial equator, which is inclined to it at an angle of 23° 27' 34"-69, will never coincide with the plane of the ecliptic : so there never can be perpetual spring (N. 79). The rotation of the earth is uniform ; therefore day and night, summer and winter, will continue... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 366 pages
...day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere, Of planets and of fixed, in all her wheels, Resembles nearest, mazes intricate. Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular The most when most irregular... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 360 pages
...day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill ; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere, Of planets and of fixed, in all her wheels, Resembles nearest, mazes intricate. Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular The most when most irregular... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1849 - 568 pages
...cannot exceed 2° 42', the terrestrial equator, which is inclined to it at an angle of 23° 27' 34"'69, will never coincide with the plane of the ecliptic : so there never can be perpetual spring (N. 79). The rotation of the earth is uniform ; therefore day and night, summer and winter, will continue... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1850 - 378 pages
...cannot exceed 2° 42', the terrestrial equator, which is inclined to it at an angle of 23° 27' 37" 89, will never coincide with the plane of the ecliptic...system endures, or is undisturbed by foreign causes. § 385. Notwithstanding the permanency of our system, the secular variations in the planetary orbits... | |
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