 It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of time so easily made. How often have we heard our guides exclaim in the savannahs of Venezuela, or in the...  Tales about the sun, moon, and stars - Page 132by Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 432 pages
...passes the meridian. This circumstance is known to every 225 nation that lives beyond the tropics, or in the Southern hemisphere. It has been observed at...inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 428 pages
...it passes the meridian. This circumstance is known to every nation that lives beyond the tropics, or in the Southern hemisphere. It has been observed at...inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 264 pages
...it passes the meridian. This circumstance is known to every nation that lives beyond the tropics, or in the Southern hemisphere. It has been observed at what hour of the night, •n different seasons, the Cross of the uth is erect or inclined. It is a timepiece that advances... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 468 pages
...it passes the meridian. This circumstance is known to every nation that lives beyond the tropics, or in the Southern hemisphere. It has been observed at...inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of... | |
 | Henry Morris Myers, Philip Van Ness Myers - 1871 - 366 pages
...meridian. This circumstance is known to the people of every nation situated beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at...hour of the night, in different seasons, the Cross is erect or inclined. It is a time-piece which advances very regularly nearly four minutes a day, and... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1872 - 654 pages
...of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors In the deserts of the New World. It has been observed at what hour of the night. In...inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a-day, and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye an observation of time... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1873 - 566 pages
...form of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World It has been observed at what hour of the night, in...inclined. It is a time-piece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day, and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye an observation of time... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1878 - 696 pages
...of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World. It has been observed at what hour of the night, in different seasons, the Cruse of the South is erect or inclined. It is a time-piece tlmt advances very regularly near four... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1879 - 282 pages
...it passes the meridian. This circumstance is known to every nation that lives beyond the tropi cs or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at...inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day; and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1879 - 286 pages
...it passes the meridian. This circumstance is known to every nation that lives beyond the tropics, or in the southern hemisphere. It has been observed at...inclined. It is a timepiece that advances very regularly near four minutes a day; and no other group of stars exhibits, to the naked eye, an observation of... | |
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