 Almost all its conclusions stand in open and striking contradiction with those of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his...  Outlines of Astronomy - Page 18by John Frederick William Herschel - 1861 - 557 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1833 - 618 pages
...he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses. Thus, the earth on which he stands, and which has served for ages as the unshaken fouudation of the firmest structures, either of art or nature, is divested by the astronomer of its... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1835 - 414 pages
...he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses. Thus, the earth on which he stands, and which has...moving onwards through space with great rapidity. The s'm and the moon, which appear to untaught eyes round bodies of no very considerable size, become enlarged... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1838 - 350 pages
...being"7924,miles, it turns on its axis at the rate of (l040 miles an hour?•.. Thus, the earth on which we stand, and which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation of the firmest structures, is every moment turning swiftly on its centre, and, at the same time, moving onwards with great rapidity... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 290 pages
...until he has observed and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses. Thus, the Earth on which he stands, and which has...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving on wards through space with great rapidity. The Sun and the Moon, which appear to untaught eyes as... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 604 pages
...until he has observed and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses. Thus, the Earth on which he stands, and which has...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving on wards through space with great rapidity. TheSun and theMoon, which appear to untaught eyes as round... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 604 pages
...he has observed and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence, of his senses. Thus, the Earth on which he stands, and which has...Astronomer of its attribute of fixity, and conceived by 1 ini as turning swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving on wards through space with great... | |
 | George Grote - 1850 - 706 pages
...he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses. Thus the earth on which he stands, and which has served...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onward through space with great rapidity. &c." (Sir John Herschel, Astronomy. Introduction, sect. 2.)... | |
 | Evan Hopkins - 1855 - 96 pages
...more so than those of Astronomy. The latter science has demonstrated that the earth on which we stand, and which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation...of the firmest structures, either of art or nature, whirls on its axis daily, and revolves round the sun annually. Geological science now demonstrates... | |
 | George Grote - 1859 - 232 pages
...he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses. Thus the earth- on which he stands, and which has...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onward through space with great rapidity, etc." — Sir John Herschel, Astronomy, Introduction, sect.... | |
 | William Carpenter (of Greenwich.) - 1864 - 200 pages
...giving his words, we take the liberty to emphasize them as we please — "The earth on which we stand, and which has served for ages ' as the unshaken foundation...same time moving onwards through space with 'great rapiditv. The sun and the moon . . become enlarged IN HIS IMAGINATION into vast globes. . . The planets... | |
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