 His works, but trace, with precision, the operation of His laws, use the globe he inhabits as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by which...  Mechanism of the Heavens - Page viiby Mary Somerville - 1831 - 621 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter (Note 1) of the earths orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend...remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible ; and that not only man,... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1849 - 568 pages
...wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter (Note 1 ) of the earth's orbit the first step of a scale by...remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible ; and that not only man,... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...time inculcate humility, by showing that there is a barrier which no energy, mental or physical, can enable us to pass : that however profoundly we may...still remain innumerable systems, compared with which, these apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible ; and that not... | |
 | 1885 - 286 pages
...time inculcate humility, by showing that there is a barrier which no energy, mental or physical, can enable us to pass ; that, however profoundly we may...still remain innumerable systems, compared with which, these, apparently so vast, must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible ; and that not... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 484 pages
...magnificence of his works, but trace, with precision, the operation of his laws, use the globe he inhabite as a base wherewith to measure the magnitude and distance...mighty to us must dwindle into insignificance, or become even invisible ; and that not only man, but the globe he inhabits, nay, the whole system of... | |
 | 1832 - 814 pages
...firmament. Such pursuits, while they ennoble the mind, at the same time inculcate humility, by >liowing that there Is a barrier, which no energy, mental or...profoundly we may penetrate the depths of space, there will still remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those which seem so mighty to us must dwindle... | |
 | Barbara T. Gates - 2002 - 700 pages
...to measure the magnitude and distance of the sun and planets, and make the diameter of the earth s orbit the first step of a scale by which he may ascend...remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible; and that not only man,... | |
 | 1837 - 756 pages
...of the energy that maintains them in their motions, with a durability to which we can see no limit. Equally conspicuous is the goodness of the great First...remain innumerable systems, compared with which, those apparently so vast must dwindle into insignificance, or even become invisible; and that not only man,... | |
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