On the other hand, in the regions beneath the dark side, a solar eclipse of fifteen years in duration, under their shadow, must afford (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But... Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy - Page 505by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 7 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...motion, and under the full and free influence of all the acting forces. (446.) The rings of Saturn must present a magnificent spectacle from those regions...striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance. (447.) Of Uranus we see nothing but a small round uniformly illuminated disc, without rings, belts,... | |
| sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...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,...striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance. (447.) Of Uranus we see nothing but a small round uniformly illuminated disc, without rings, belts,... | |
| 1833 - 618 pages
...to judge of the fitness or unfitness of their condition from what we see around us, when, perbaps, the very combinations which convey to our minds only...striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance. " Of Uranus we see nothing hut a small round uniformly illuminated disc, without rings, belts, or discernible... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 304 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable abode to animated beings, but ill compensated by the full light of its satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance. J * Sir J. Hcrschol. t La Place. i Sir J. Hcrschcl. 346. Saturn is attended by seven satellites. Although... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 504 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable abode to animated beings, but ill compensated by the full light of its satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...most striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance.J • Sir J. Henckcl. t La Place. * Sir J. Ilcnchcl. 346. Saturn is attended by seven satellites.... | |
| Jacques Ozanam - 1840 - 850 pages
...condition from what we see around us, when perhaps the very combinations which convey to our minds images of horror, may be in reality theatres of the...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." This body, of a conformation so singular, is alternately illuminated on each side by the sun; for it... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable abode to animated beings, but ill compensated by the full light of its satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance." Saturn is attended by seven satellites. Although they are bodies of considerable size, their great... | |
| Denison Olmsted - 1842 - 302 pages
...(to our ideas) an inhospitable abode to animated beings, but ill compensated by the full light of its satellites. But we shall do wrong to judge of the...striking and glorious displays of beneficent contrivance. (Sir J. Herschel.) 256. Saturn is attended by seven satellites. Although bodies of considerable size,... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 290 pages
...exists. Sir J. Herschel compares this constant struggle between the preserving and destructive powers, to the mode in which a practised hand will sustain...satellites, of which the most distant is nearly as large as Mars. "With the exception of this last, the orbits of the satellites are so nearly in the same plane... | |
| John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pages
...their enlightened sides, as vast arches spanning the sky from horizon to horizon, and holding an almost invariable situation among the stars. On the other...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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