 | 1853 - 410 pages
...four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times, of yellowness five hundred and forty two millions of millions of times, and of violet seven...and seven millions of millions of times, per second ! Do not such things sound more like the ravings of madmen than the sober conclusions of people in... | |
 | P. C. H. - 1856 - 84 pages
...hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times,— of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times, — and of violet,...seven millions of millions of times per second."— Herschell's Discourse. It may be here remarked, that the allusion to light at page 35, is an allusion... | |
 | D. W. Clark - 1856 - 450 pages
...four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times; and of violet seven...and seven millions of millions of times per second. We say some men may hear these results of scientific research without inquiry and examination ; but... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Association (England) - 1856 - 456 pages
...four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times; and of violet seven...and seven millions of millions of times per second. We say some men may hear these results of scientific research without inquiry and examination ; but... | |
 | Hollis Read - 1859 - 420 pages
...four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and fortytwo millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven...and seven millions of millions of times per second ! Do not such things sound more like the ravings of madmen than the sober conclusions of people in... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1859 - 450 pages
...four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven...and seven millions of millions of times per second ! Do not such things sound more like the ravings of madmen than the sober conclusions of people in... | |
 | John Timbs - 1863 - 280 pages
...four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven...and seven millions of millions of times per second. Do not such things sound more like the ravings of madmen than the sober conclusions of people in their... | |
 | John Ryan (LL.D.) - 1864 - 102 pages
...five hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times; and, of violet, seven...and seven millions of millions of times per second ; let a man be told, we repeat, for the first time, these astounding facts, and he will probably regard... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven...and seven millions of millions of times per second ! Do not such things sound more like the ravings of madmen than the sober conclusions of people in... | |
 | 1867 - 878 pages
...four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of timea ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven hundred and seven millions of millions of times in a second. These are, nevertheless, conclusions to which any one may most certainly arrive, who will... | |
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That, for instance, in acquiring the sensation of redness, our eyes are affected four hundred and eighty-two millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and fortytwo millions of millions of times ; and of violet, seven hundred and seven... 
