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" ... satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the fitness or unfitness of their condition from what we see around us, when, perhaps, the very combinations which convey to our minds only images of horror may be in reality theatres of the most striking... "
An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Textbook for the Use of Students ... - Page 199
by Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 276 pages
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Astronomy

Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance. (447.) Of Uranus we see nothing but a small round uniformly illuminated disc, without rings, belts,...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral, & philosophical ...

1833 - 618 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...their condition from what we see around us, when, perbaps, the very combinations which convey to our minds only images of horror, may be in reality theatres...
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Astronomy

sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the fitness or unritness of their condition from what we see around us, when, perhaps, the very combinations which...
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A Treatise on Astronomy: Illustrated with Maps and Plates

Mrs. L. H. Tyler - 1837 - 302 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...theatres of the most striking and glorious displays of beneficient contrivance." (265.) When the sun. crosses the equator of Saturn, only the edge of the...
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Recreations in mathematics and natural philosophy, recomposed by m. Montucla ...

Jacques Ozanam - 1840 - 850 pages
...ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the 6tne?s or unfitness of their condition from what we see around...perhaps the very combinations which convey to our minds images of horror, may be in reality theatres of the most striking and glorious displays of beneficent...
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Letters on Astronomy: Addressed to a Lady; in which the Elements of the ...

Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...among the stars. On the other hand, in the region beneath the dark side, a solar eclipse of fifteen years in duration, under their shadow, must afford...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." Saturn is attended by seven satellites. Although they are bodies of considerable size, their great...
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A Compendium of Astronomy: Containing the Elements of the Sciences ...

Denison Olmsted - 1842 - 302 pages
...What advantage results from this arrangement ? How must the rings appear when seen from the planets ? in duration, under their shadow, must afford (to our...striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance. (Sir J. Herschel.) 256. Saturn is attended by seven satellites. Although bodies of considerable size,...
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Popular cyclopaedia of natural science (by W.B. Carpenter).

William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 290 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." 630. Saturn is accompanied by no fewer than seven satellites, of which the most distant is nearly as...
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Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy

William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 604 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." 630. Saturn is accompanied by no fewer than seven satellites, of which the most distant is nearly as...
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Outlines of Astronomy

John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance. (523.) Of Uranus we see nothing but a small round uniformly illuminated disc, without rings, belts,...
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