The heavens afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science. The magnitude and splendour of the objects, the inconceivable rapidity with which they move, and the enormous distances between them, impress the mind with some notion... On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Page 2by Mary Somerville - 1840 - 499 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mary Somerville - 1831 - 720 pages
...of the energy that maintains them in their motions with a durability to which we can see no limits. Equally conspicuous is the goodness of the great First...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such... | |
| 1834 - 512 pages
...between science and our moral and religious feelings, which we can find in Mrs. Somerville's treatise. " The heavens afford the most sublime subject of study...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such... | |
| 1834 - 560 pages
...those who are capable of them." ' The heavens afford the most sublime subject of study which can bo derived from science. The magnitude and splendour...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament. Such... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 pages
...afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science. The magnitude and splendor of the objects, the inconceivable rapidity with which...operation of his laws; use the globe he inhabits as abase wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter... | |
| 1844 - 288 pages
...conspicuous is the goodness of the great First Cause, in having endowed man with faculties, by which ho can not only appreciate the magnificence of his works,...trace, with precision, the operation of his laws, use flic globe he inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets,... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science. The magnitude 1 A and splendor of the objects, the inconceivable rapidity with which...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter (Note 1) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament.... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1849 - 568 pages
...the cause of the disturbances, as well as of the order of nature : since every tremor it excitesin any one planet is immediately transmitted to the farthest...distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter (Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend to the starry firmament.... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...objects, and prepared for these high -destinies which are appointed for all those who are capable of them. The heavens afford the most sublime subject of study...magnificence of His works, but trace, with precision, 4he operation of His laws ; use the globe He inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude... | |
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