 At last I conjectured that all the phenomena, hitherto mentioned, proceeded from the progressive motion of light and the earth's annual motion in its orbit. For I perceived that, if light was propagated in time, the apparent place of a fixed object would...  A Complete System of Astronomy - Page 304by Samuel Vince - 1814Full view - About this book
 | C. Bankes Brookes - 1879 - 264 pages
...they did or will happen. Aberra'tion. — A small apparent motion of the fixed stars, occasioned by the progressive motion of light and the earth's annual motion in its orbit. By this they sometimes appear twenty seconds distant from their true situation. Am'plitude. — An... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1881 - 778 pages
...polar stars. In a word, he enriched Astronomy by the weighty announcement, that " all the phenomena proceeded from the progressive motion of light and the Earth's annual motion in its orbit," or, as he afterwards called it, from the " aberration of light." Having thus detected the existence... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1881 - 778 pages
...polar stars. In a word, he enriched Astronomy by the weighty announcement, that " all the phenomena proceeded from the progressive motion of light and the Earth's annual motion in its orbit," or, as he afterwards called it, from the " aberration of light." Having thus detected the existence... | |
 | Arthur Berry - 1899 - 550 pages
...studying. His own account of the matter is as follows : — " At last I conjectured that all the phaenomena hitherto mentioned proceeded from the progressive...earth's annual motion in its orbit. For, I perceived that, if light was propagated in time, the apparent place of a fixed object would not be the same when... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1915 - 942 pages
...Axis. The next thing that offered itself, was an Alteration in the Direction of the Plumb-line, with which the instrument was constantly rectified; but...Earth's Annual Motion in its Orbit. For I perceived that, if Light was propagated in Time, the apparent Place of a fixed Object would not be the same when... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1865 - 462 pages
...axis. The next thing that offered itself was an alteration in the direction of the plumb-line with which the instrument was constantly rectified ; but...progressive motion of light and the earth's annual motion iu its orbit, for I perceived that, if light was propagated in time, the apparent place of a fixed... | |
 | 1915 - 548 pages
...might do, but here also nothing satisfactory occurred. At last I conjectured that all the Pheiiom&)ui, hitherto mentioned, proceeded from the progressive...Earth's Annual Motion in its Orbit. For I perceived that, if Light was propagated in Time, the apparent Place of a first Object would not be the same when... | |
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