On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 41
... diameter in breadth , which is supposed to be the solar atmosphere ren- dered visible by the intervention of the moon . In this whitish corona there appeared three rose - coloured flames like the teeth of a saw . Similar flames were ...
... diameter in breadth , which is supposed to be the solar atmosphere ren- dered visible by the intervention of the moon . In this whitish corona there appeared three rose - coloured flames like the teeth of a saw . Similar flames were ...
Page 53
... diameter of the earth has a sensible magnitude when viewed from the centre of the sun , the line described by the planet in its passage over his disc appears to be nearer to his centre , or farther from it , according to the position of ...
... diameter of the earth has a sensible magnitude when viewed from the centre of the sun , the line described by the planet in its passage over his disc appears to be nearer to his centre , or farther from it , according to the position of ...
Page 54
... diameter of its orbit as the base of a triangle whose apex extends to the stars . Sublime as the idea is , this assumption proves ineffectual , except in a very few cases ; for the apparent places of the fixed stars are not sensibly ...
... diameter of its orbit as the base of a triangle whose apex extends to the stars . Sublime as the idea is , this assumption proves ineffectual , except in a very few cases ; for the apparent places of the fixed stars are not sensibly ...
Page 55
... Diameters of Planets , how obtained Size of Sun , Densities of the Heavenly Bodies Formation of Astro- nomical Tables Requisite Data and Means of obtaining them . - THE masses of such planets as have no satellites are known by comparing ...
... Diameters of Planets , how obtained Size of Sun , Densities of the Heavenly Bodies Formation of Astro- nomical Tables Requisite Data and Means of obtaining them . - THE masses of such planets as have no satellites are known by comparing ...
Page 56
... diameters may be compared with that of the earth ; for the real diameter of a planet is to the real diameter of the earth , or 7926 miles , as the apparent diameter of the planet to the apparent diameter of the earth as seen from the ...
... diameters may be compared with that of the earth ; for the real diameter of a planet is to the real diameter of the earth , or 7926 miles , as the apparent diameter of the planet to the apparent diameter of the earth as seen from the ...
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