Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the AlmanackSherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1818 |
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... Sun's disc , forming the angle of interior contact ; by which means I found the interval of time during which Mercury appeared upon the Sun , even without an error of a single second . For the lucid line , intercepted between the dark ...
... Sun's disc , forming the angle of interior contact ; by which means I found the interval of time during which Mercury appeared upon the Sun , even without an error of a single second . For the lucid line , intercepted between the dark ...
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... Sun , is not to be regarded as fit for our purpose . There remains then the transit of Venus over the Sun's disc , whose parallax , being almost four times as great as the solar parallax , will cause very sensible differences between ...
... Sun , is not to be regarded as fit for our purpose . There remains then the transit of Venus over the Sun's disc , whose parallax , being almost four times as great as the solar parallax , will cause very sensible differences between ...
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... Sun on the 26th of May ( old style ) in the morning ; so that at London , about six o'clock in the morning , we may expect to see her near the middle of the Sun's disc , and not above four minutes of a degree south of his centre . " The ...
... Sun on the 26th of May ( old style ) in the morning ; so that at London , about six o'clock in the morning , we may expect to see her near the middle of the Sun's disc , and not above four minutes of a degree south of his centre . " The ...
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... Sun : and , there- fore , at those places which lie near the tropic , the motion of Venus will be increased by that ... Sun's disc very nearly at the rate of four minutes of a degree in an hour , and therefore eleven minutes of time ...
... Sun : and , there- fore , at those places which lie near the tropic , the motion of Venus will be increased by that ... Sun's disc very nearly at the rate of four minutes of a degree in an hour , and therefore eleven minutes of time ...
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... Sun's parallax is , to within a fortieth part of a second ; and therefore his distance will be determined to within a five hun- dredth part at least , if the parallax be not found less than we have supposed ; for forty times twelve and ...
... Sun's parallax is , to within a fortieth part of a second ; and therefore his distance will be determined to within a five hun- dredth part at least , if the parallax be not found less than we have supposed ; for forty times twelve and ...
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1st Satellite aberration aberration of light afterwards animals antient aphelion appear ascertained astronomers Astronomical Occurrences beautiful birds Bishop bodies called celebrated centre Ceres Christian church colour comet conjunction died disc diurnal motion Eclipses of Jupiter's equal equator festival fieldfare flowers globe gold grass greatest heavier than water honour inclination insects Jupiter Jupiter Saturn Uranus king last volume law of Kepler light longitude mean distance Mercury Venus meridian metals mineral month Moon morning motion mountains Naturalist's Diary nature nearly night node o'er observations orbit parallax pass passage perihelion phenomena planet planetary Planetary Orbits present reign remarkable right ascension ring Rising and Setting rocks round SAINT Saturn Saxons season seen sidereal revolutions spring star strata Sun's Sunday superior conjunction sweet thee thou Time's Telescope tion transits of Venus trees Uranus vegetable Venus The Earth Vesta winter young
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Page 136 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 293 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 238 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 256 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 239 - Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass, herb yielding seed, And fruit-tree yielding fruit after her kind; Whose seed is in herself upon the earth.
Page 2 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Page 47 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Page 180 - With quicken'd step, Brown Night retires : young Day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn. Blue, through the dusk, the smoking currents shine ; And from the bladed field the fearful hare Limps, awkward : while along the forest glade The wild deer trip, and, often turning, gaze At early passenger. Music awakes The native voice of undissembled joy; And thick around the woodland hymns arise.
Page 136 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Page 136 - Crown'd with her pail the tripping milkmaid sings ; The whistling ploughman stalks afield ; and, hark ! Down the rough slope the ponderous...