On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 54
... object to a body so remote as either Uranus or Neptune . Yet man , the inhabitant of the earth , soars beyond the vast dimensions of the system to which his planet belongs , and assumes the diameter of its orbit as the base of a ...
... object to a body so remote as either Uranus or Neptune . Yet man , the inhabitant of the earth , soars beyond the vast dimensions of the system to which his planet belongs , and assumes the diameter of its orbit as the base of a ...
Page 58
... object is to determine the exact state of the heavens and the successive changes it undergoes in all ages , past , present , and to come . Now , the longitude , latitude , and distance of a planet from the sun are given in terms of the ...
... object is to determine the exact state of the heavens and the successive changes it undergoes in all ages , past , present , and to come . Now , the longitude , latitude , and distance of a planet from the sun are given in terms of the ...
Page 67
... object . The ball of Saturn is striped by belts of different colours . At the time of these observations the part above the ring was bright white ; at his equator there was a ruddy belt divided in two , above which were belts of a ...
... object . The ball of Saturn is striped by belts of different colours . At the time of these observations the part above the ring was bright white ; at his equator there was a ruddy belt divided in two , above which were belts of a ...
Page 69
... object to one lunar hemisphere , will be for ever veiled from the other . On account of these circumstances , the remoter hemisphere of the moon has its day a fortnight long , and a night of the same duration , not even enlightened by a ...
... object to one lunar hemisphere , will be for ever veiled from the other . On account of these circumstances , the remoter hemisphere of the moon has its day a fortnight long , and a night of the same duration , not even enlightened by a ...
Page 154
... object is seen in the direction of a tangent to that part of the curve which meets the eye ; con- sequently the apparent altitude ( N. 190 ) of the heavenly bodies is always greater than their true altitude . Owing to this cir ...
... object is seen in the direction of a tangent to that part of the curve which meets the eye ; con- sequently the apparent altitude ( N. 190 ) of the heavenly bodies is always greater than their true altitude . Owing to this cir ...
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