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" The rings of Saturn must present a magnificent spectacle from those regions of the planet which lie on their enlightened sides, appearing as vast arches spanning the sky from horizon to horizon, and holding an invariable situation among the stars. On... "
Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy - Page 505
by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 7 pages
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An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Textbook for the Use of Students ...

Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 306 pages
...magnificent spectacle from those regions of the planet which lie on their enlightened sides, appearing as vast arches spanning the sky from horizon to horizon,...situation among the stars. On the other hand, in the region beneath the dark side, a solar eclipse of 15 years in duration, under their shadow, must afford...
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A Compendium of Astronomy

Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 300 pages
...orbitual motion, and under the full and free influence of all the acting forces. The rings of Saturn must present a magnificent spectacle from those regions of the planet which lie on their enlightened sides, appearing as vast arches spanning the sky from horizon to horizon, and...
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Recreations in mathematics and natural philosophy, recomposed by m. Montucla ...

Jacques Ozanam - 1840 - 850 pages
...his Astronomy, has the following striking remarks on the phenomena of Saturn: " The rings of Saturn must present a magnificent spectacle from those regions...regions beneath the dark side, a solar eclipse of 15 years' duration must afford (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated...
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The Horoscope: A Monthly Magazine of Interesting and Instructive ..., Volume 1

1841 - 266 pages
...telescopic appearance of Saturn in the different parts of the zodiac. " The rings of Saturn," observes Sir J. Herschel, " must present a magnificent spectacle...holding an invariable situation among the stars." The following dimensions of this appendage are from the same talented astronomer : — Exterior diameter...
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Letters on Astronomy: Addressed to a Lady; in which the Elements of the ...

Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...orbitual motion, and under the full and free influence of all the acting forces. "The rings of Saturn must present a magnificent spectacle from those regions of the planet which lie on 24* their enlightened sides, appearing as vast arches spanning the sky from horizon to horizon,...
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Six Thousand Years Ago, Or, the Works of Creation Illustrated

M. C. Best - 1844 - 204 pages
...his rings must present a magnificent spectacle from those * Herschel's Astronomy, chap. \iii. p. 249. regions of the planet which lie above their enlightened sides, as vast arches spanning the sky from one horizon to the other: while in the region beneath the dark side, a solar eclipse of fifteen years'...
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The solar system [by T. Dick].

Thomas Dick - 1799 - 392 pages
...of the immense size of these rings, and the large space they will occupy in the heavens, they will present a magnificent spectacle from those regions of the planet which lie under their enlightened sides, particularly those places which are situated not far from the planet's...
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Outlines of Astronomy

John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pages
...underaonstrated, and the phenomenon remanded to the careful attention of observers.* (522.) The rings of Saturn must present a magnificent spectacle from those regions...spanning the sky from horizon to horizon, and holding an almost invariable situation among the stars. On the other hand, in the regions beneath the dark side,...
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The works of creation illustrated

M C. Best - 1849 - 308 pages
...having his body striped with dark belts, takes thirty of our years to revolve round the sun; "his rings must present a magnificent spectacle from those regions...enlightened sides, as vast arches spanning the sky from one horizon to the other : while in the region beneath the dark side, a solar eclipse of fifteen years'...
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The Seven Days, Or the Old and New Creation. By the Author of the Cathedral ...

Isaac Williams - 1850 - 410 pages
...not very unlike this last respecting one of the heavenly bodies. "The rings of Saturn," says Sir John Herschel, " must present a magnificent spectacle from...spanning the sky from horizon to horizon, and holding an almost invariable situation among the stars." And again, " But we shall do wrong to judge of the fitness...
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