The Connection of the Physical SciencesKey and Biddle, 1834 - 356 pages |
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... extent of this period will be slightly modified . Since the motion of the sun is direct , and that of the equinoctial points retrograde , he takes a shorter time to return to the equator than to arrive at the same stars ; so that the ...
... extent of this period will be slightly modified . Since the motion of the sun is direct , and that of the equinoctial points retrograde , he takes a shorter time to return to the equator than to arrive at the same stars ; so that the ...
Page 86
... extent , whereas the error that must necessarily arise in measur- ing the quadrant of the meridian is rendered totally insen- sible by subdivisions , in taking its ten - millionth part . The French have adopted the decimal division ...
... extent , whereas the error that must necessarily arise in measur- ing the quadrant of the meridian is rendered totally insen- sible by subdivisions , in taking its ten - millionth part . The French have adopted the decimal division ...
Page 88
... extent , must be nearly of uniform depth , that is to say , there is a certain mean depth from which the deviation is not great . The mean depth of the Pacific Ocean is supposed to be about four miles , that of the Atlantic only three ...
... extent , must be nearly of uniform depth , that is to say , there is a certain mean depth from which the deviation is not great . The mean depth of the Pacific Ocean is supposed to be about four miles , that of the Atlantic only three ...
Page 91
... extent ; but , on an average , the mean monthly range of the moon's declination is nearly the same as the annual range of the declination of the sun ; consequently the highest tides take place within the tropics , and the lowest towards ...
... extent ; but , on an average , the mean monthly range of the moon's declination is nearly the same as the annual range of the declination of the sun ; consequently the highest tides take place within the tropics , and the lowest towards ...
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... extent and depth of the sea , and the peculiar circumstances of the place . Since the disturbing action of the sun and moon can only become sensible in a very great extent of water , it is evident that the Pacific Ocean is one of the ...
... extent and depth of the sea , and the peculiar circumstances of the place . Since the disturbing action of the sun and moon can only become sensible in a very great extent of water , it is evident that the Pacific Ocean is one of the ...
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Page 20 - That day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill; Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets, and of fixed, in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentrick, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem ; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted.
Page 316 - Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one 'with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years.
Page 10 - Kepler also deduced from observation, that the squares of the periodic times of the planets, or the times of their revolutions round the sun, are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from...
Page 28 - His true position is in the diagonal of the parallelogram, whose sides are in the ratio of the velocity of light to the velocity of the earth in its orbit, which is as 190000 to 19.
Page 298 - Jupiter ; it then gradually diminished in splendour, and, having exhibited all the variety of tints that indicate the changes of combustion, vanished sixteen months after its discovery, without altering its position. It is impossible to imagine anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance.
Page 296 - The distance of the fixed stars is too great to admit of their exhibiting a sensible disc ; but, in all probability, they are spherical, and must certainly be so if gravitation pervades all space, which it may be presumed to do, since Sir John Herschel has shown that it extends to the binary systems of stars.
Page 318 - These formulae, emblematic of Omniscience, condense into a few symbols the immutable laws of the universe. This mighty instrument of human power itself originates in the primitive constitution of the human mind, and rests upon a few fundamental axioms, which have eternally existed in Him who implanted them in the breast of man when He created him after His own image.