 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...  Essays in Astronomy - Page 841900 - 536 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...must afford (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to...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
...must afford (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to...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... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 512 pages
...must afford (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... | |
 | Mrs. L. H. Tyler - 1837 - 302 pages
...must a fibril (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to...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... | |
 | 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 - 522 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
...must afford (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 6tne?s or unfitness of their condition from what we see around us, when perhaps the very combinations... | |
 | 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
...must afford (to our ideas) an inhospitable asylum to animated beings, ill compensated by the faint light of the satellites. But we shall do wrong to...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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